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MECKY CREUS: DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY FOR '…
Karol G’s brand-new documentary ‘Mañana Fue Bonito’ has landed on Netflix and shows viewers what it's like to balance life as one of the world…
'The Penguin Lessons' Dir. Peter…
“He was short, only 2 ft tall, he smelt bad and he shat everywhere, but real friendship is about seeing beyond that superficial stuff”
A…
'HAMLET' by Peruvian company Teatro La Plaza, at The Barbican Theatre
This captivating piece of theatre is Hamlet as we have never seen it before, in a fresh perspective…
'UNDERCOVER' (La Infilfrada) Dir. Arantxa Echevarría
Based on real events, ‘Undercover’ (La Infiltrada) tells the story of young police officer Arantxa…
Los Amantes Astronautas (The Astronaut Lovers-2024) by Argentine Marco Berger
Prolific Filmmaker Marco Berger (Absent 2011/ Young Hunter (2019) & Horseplay (2022) has…
‘The Silence of my Hands’ (2024) by Mexican documentary film maker Manuel Acuña.
Screening at the 2025 BFI Flare LGBTQAI+ Film Festival, ‘The Silence of my Hands’ follows the…
I’m still Here (Ainda Estou Aqui - 2024) by Brazilian director Walter Salles
Picking up the Oscar at the 97th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film, ‘I’M STILL…
‘In her Place’ (El Lugar de la Otra) Dir. Maite Alberdi
Chilean director Maite Alberdi, nominated for two Oscars, with 28 wins and no fewer than 39…
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CRASHING THE BALL: Meet the UK Latina Actors Taking the Stage
What happens when you bring thirteen Latina actors together to take part in the first ever magazine…
Culture
Resilience and Resistance: a History of the Colombian London
Over the last 50 years, hundreds of thousands of Colombians have made their mark as the UK's…
Film
The Rise of Female Mexican Filmmaking
Mexican filmmaker Lorena Valencia’s “DANDELION” (Cuanacaquilitl) recently won the top prize at the…
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Listening to Nature
“Our father, listen attentively to the voice of our rivers, listen to the fearsome trees of the…
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MECKY CREUS: DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY FOR '…
Karol G’s brand-new documentary ‘Mañana Fue Bonito’ has landed on Netflix and shows viewers what it's like to balance life as one of the world…
Brazil’s big beautiful – and still illegal –…
From centuries old traditions Balloon-making developed into a competition between dedicated groups to create the biggest and most beautiful balloons…
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CALL ME DIVA: The New Latina Darlings of Hollywood
From centre stage to front page, finally Hollywood studios and media are giving Latina Actors some…
Culture
10 Distinguished Brits You Didn't Know Were Colombian
The UK hosts the world's second largest Colombian diaspora, and has born generations of talent…
Culture
10 Stand Out UK Afro-Latinos y Latinas
In the last of our series celebrating Black HIstory Month...it’s time to bring it home. While the…
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10 Latin@ LGBTQ+ Creatives in London
Over the years, London has attracted some of the finest creatives from Latin America and Spain,…
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Top 10 Revolutionary Latinas
We pay tribute to the Latin American women who throughout history have fought for freedom, peace and justice and continue to do say every day. Women who have fought side by side with men for freedom for their countries, even when those countries saw them as lesser. Women who have taken part in armed revolutions but also revolutionized the world by peaceful actions and been persecuted for them. Women who have fought to receive the same benefits and privileges that society automatically to bestow on men. Women who still fight social prejudice and inequality, even when some now argue this fight is lover.
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Santo Domingo Blues: Los Tigueres de la Bachata (2004) by Alex Wolfe.
A genre once ignored and disrespected by the Latin American elite as no more than bawdy ghetto music, bachata has risen to stand beside the best of salsa and merengue, and arguably outstrip both in popularity around the world, to the pride of Dominican musicians who have championed it for years. In this documentary, to be screened on Sunday 6th April, Alex Wolfe and his co-writer Richard Fleming, tell the story of Bachata's transformation from a "song of bitterness" to an emblem of Dominican national pride.
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Things you should know about Latin American Oscar Triumphs
Do you remember the days when Latino artists weren’t allowed to sing their songs on mainstream TV because ratings would drop? I know right? Hard to imagine, but it did…Back in 2005, when Jorge Drexler was nominated for an Oscar for ‘El Otro Lado Del Rio’ he was told that he couldn’t sing his song at the ceremony because …’er sorry dude, but nobody knows who you are’. But nobody thought he’d actually win the Oscar. See below what happened next, just one of many other magical history-making moments, when Latin Americans triumphed at the Oscars, from the very first Latin American Oscar victory to the Mexican Invasion
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FLAMENCO FESTIVAL 2025 - Celebrating 20 years of the soul of Spain in the heart of London
The Flamenco Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary with its biggest ever programme of dance and music across two weeks this summer (27 May - 8 June) at Sadler’s Wells Theatre and the Lilian Baylis Studio in Islington and Sadler’s Wells East in Stratford as well as an extended programme of events at King’s Place, the Jazz Cafe and Acosta Dance Centre. Highlights include the UK premieres of shows from ‘the queen of flamenco’ Sara Baras, new work from Manuel Liñán, and performances by Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía, plus a range of music events and artists continuing to evolve the art form.
Latin Londoners
Jimena Larraguivel, Actor, Writer
Mexican actor Jimena Larraguivel has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company twice - first in 2018, in a musically devised piece about the disappearance of 43 students in Mexico, and then again in 2023 in the UK tour of Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar.' She also played the lead role in 'Faces in the Crowd' at the Gate Theatre and starred in the world premiere of the English version of Pablo Manzi’s 'Una Lucha Contra' at the Royal Court. We can expect to see her in Channel 4’s upcoming crime drama 'Patience.'
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Things you should know about Spanish Oscar Triumphs
After celebrating Latin America's successes at the Academy Awards, we couldn't carry on without bringing you Spain’s most successful Oscar-winning films and individuals within the film industry.
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LatinoLife's Guide to the Latin American Classics
A list we've always wanted to do... the must-reads of Latin America's fantastic array of fiction. Here we begin with the classics, from the 20th century and before, obviously omitting many greats...but you have to start somewhere. More book lists to come!
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...The Greatest Latin American Plays of all time
A selection by Daniel Goldman, Artistic Director of CASA Latin American Theatre Festival
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Maison Cachua by Fernando Montaño
Former Royal Ballet dancer and Colombian dance megastar Fernando Montaño launches new bespoke luxury fashion brand
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HOLOGRAM (2022) Book of poems by Miguel Cullen
‘Books should be more than just lines of poetry.’ HOLOGRAM (2022) the new collection of poems by Anglo-Argentine poet and journalist Miguel Cullen, includes visuals and videos and certainly fits the bill of being different.
Lia Rodrigues' 'Encantado’
Sadler’s Wells presents the four shortlisted pieces, each work selected for its top choreography, distinctive style and performance quality. A jury of five judges announce the audience winner alongside the overall winner of the £40,000 prize in a special event at the end of the competition.The Rose and Bloom Prizes were made possible by a generous donation to Sadler’s Wells from an anonymous individual who chose the name Rose for the prize. GET £5 OFF USING CODE ROSELL5
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Pioneering Black Latina Artists
Recently we published a list of Black Heroines of Latin American History, Afro-Latinas who put their lives at risk, and in some cases gave their lives, in order to shape our history. This week we bring you the brave women who have pushed the boundaries in the artistic world, fighting racism in film, theatre, literature and the arts (not music, that’s for another list!), to get better representation for women of colour and pave the way for generations of Afro-Latinas to come. There is still loads more work to do, but thanks to these wonderful artists, who by nature of being dark skinned had to also be activists, on-screen entertainers and artists are looking a little still less like Xuxa.
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Film
'The Penguin Lessons' Dir. Peter Cattaneo
“He was short, only 2 ft tall, he smelt bad and he shat everywhere, but real friendship is about seeing beyond that superficial stuff” A cynical…
Theatre
'HAMLET' by Peruvian company Teatro La Plaza, at…
This captivating piece of theatre is Hamlet as we have never seen it before, in a fresh perspective from the first Peruvian company to perform at The…
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TOP TEN Latin Clubnights in London
Latinolife's guide to the best Latin nights out in the capital
Latin American Myths and Legends
"I'm learning about really scary myths and legends..." my son recently told me,…
Top Ten Latin Bars in London
Want to do Christmas the Latin way? Try some of London's best Latin bars, from glamourous to…
Top 10 Latin Series on Netflix
These winter days may be dark, damp and dreary, but we've got you covered with this list of…
