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The National Hispanic Media Coalition has revealed its cohorts of participants in its 2022 Series Scriptwriters Program. Ten Latinx writers nationwide were selected for a 7-week intense writers lab where at the conclusion of the program, writers will have developed a half-hour or hour-long original series pilot, which…

Rosie Perez, Tessa Thompson and Salma Hayek are among the National Hispanic Media Coalition’s Impact Awards honorees. The 24th annual celebration will be held virtually December 5 at 5:30 p.m. PT hosted by Mario Lopez, with additional appearances from U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) and the Saldana sisters (Zoe…

EXCLUSIVE: The National Hispanic Media Coalition revealed its lineup for the upcoming 7th Annual Offical Latino Film and Arts Festival to be presented virtually from Nov. 26 to 28. Titles include Welcome to Our World, directed by Alfredo Ramos, with performances by Danny Trejo, Emilio Rivera, and Valente Rodriguez…

EXCLUSIVE: The National Hispanic Media Coalition premiered its Latinx Stream Showcase on Wednesday to uplift and promote Latinx talent in the entertainment industry. The presentation will show 7 short films written, directed, acted, and produced by Latinx talent for an audience of industry executives, casting…

EXCLUSIVE: National Hispanic Media Coalition welcomes 10 new Latinx writers to its 2021 Series Scriptwriters Program: Linzy Beltran, April M. Sanchez, Diego Moreno, Michel Lichand, Eli Vazquez, Ana Defillo, Rolando Gomez, Desiree Carcamo, Samantha Renee Cordero, and Linda Dillon Moya. The civil rights non-profit…

Jaime Davlia, President and Co-Founder of Campanario Entertainment and executive producer of the forthcoming Selena: The Series at Netflix, has been appointed to the National Hispanic Media Coalition’s (NHMC) National Board of Directors. Davila has been an advocate for mainstream Latino representation in the…

America Ferrera says visible change has finally come to Hollywood for Latino talent after years of being “unrecognized.” As a producer, her goal is bring even more diverse projects to audiences. Ferrera made the comments Friday night at the National Hispanic Media Coalition's 2020 Impact Awards in Beverly Hills, where…

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures will be the target of a second protest in as many months by Latino community leaders who claim the studio has a "dismal" record of hiring Latinos in front of and behind the cameras. A similar protest was held August 25 in front of Paramount's main gate. The demonstration, set for…

Two Latino organizations say they will stage a demonstration outside Paramount Pictures on Saturday to protest the studio's "dismal hiring record of Latino talent." The protest will be led by leaders of the National Hispanic Media Coalition and the National Latino Media Council, which announced a boycott of the studio…

UPDATED with Paramount statement, 10:50 AM: Paramount Pictures has issued this statement about the call for boycott: “We recently met with NHMC in a good faith effort to see how we could partner as we further drive Paramount's culture of diversity, inclusion and belonging. Under our new leadership team, we continue to…

Journalist Angelo Falcón, the National Institute for Latino Policy president and founder and National Hispanic Media Coalition board member, has died.  He was 66. Falcón was a nationally recognized expert on Latino politics and policy issues and the author of the Atlas of Stateside Puerto Ricans.  He was also the…

The National Hispanic Media Coalition has issued an open letter to Netflix urging that its sitcom One Day At A Time be renewed for a third season. The show, an update of Norman Lear’s late 1970s-early ’80s CBS comedy of the same name, features a Cuban-American family living in Los Angeles. It deals with issue-centric…