Tag Archive: Visual

Maritza Torres: Rediscovering Her Roots

By VozEs
Maritza Torres grew up in Murray, a suburb on the outskirts of Salt Lake City, Utah; there weren’t many people there who looked like her—no people of color, nor a very large Latino community. Her school was 80 percent “white.” She also grew up in a Mormon family; her father is from California, her mother was born in El Paso, and her grandparents are Mexican, from Pachuca, Mexico.

Random Thoughts on the New Immigrant Cinema / Random Thoughts on the “New Immigrant Cinema”

By Joao Vieira When the translation mechanism inside my head fails, cinema offers itself as the only alternative. I deconstruct, recall, and remember my own language. I explore my Brazilian, Latin American, and immigrant self. “The New Cinema refuses to recognize national borders. It identifies itself neither as fiction norasContinue reading “Free Thoughts on the New Immigrant Cinema / Libres pensamientos sobre el ‘Nuevo Cine Inmigrante’”

Introducing “The Angelinos”

By João Vieira The anguish of living between two worlds is seeing life through comparisons. When I’m here, I think of the people and memories I left behind there. When I’m there, I think of the life I’ve built here on my own. The anguish of living between two worlds is seeing lifethrough... Continue reading “Introducing ‘Os Angelinos’”

Carla Aaron-Lopez: “I support the immigrant cause; they are my neighbors, and I want to understand what they’re going through”

By Sorayda Díaz Carla Aaron-Lopez grew up on the streets of Beatties Ford in Charlotte, North Carolina. Her work is multidisciplinary; she creates collages, videos, and photography, among other things. She tends to procrastinate and loves to party. She started drawing because she hated talking to people. “If I didn’t like the people Iwas with, Continue reading “Carla Aaron-Lopez: ‘I support the immigrant cause; they’re my neighbors, and I want to understand what’s happening to them’”