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This brainstorm became the Cambridge Latino Film Festival, which plays through this weekend and last year attracted an estimated 2,600 filmgoers...
Three years ago, Cambridge resident Jose Barriga sat in a local coffee shop with a friend and first considered the idea of publicly screening Latino movies in his hometown...
Barriga says he’s primarily interested in fighting stereotypes and presenting the “reality” of Latino experience in the United States and throughout Latin America...
...delay gave him time to research the other major annual Latino film festivals in the U.S., which take place annually in New York and L.A. After visiting the New York and L.A. festivals, Barriga placed adds for volunteers in local newspapers and received and evaluated dozens of film submissions...
Which is why Democrats are worried. "The election showed Hispanics are not a unified bloc," says New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, a Democrat and one of the nation's most prominent Latino elected officials. "The Republicans are trying to reach a 40% goal of the Hispanic vote, and this shows that it is doable...