Best Of: The Groundbreaking Latinos Behind Disney's 'Encanto'
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🗓️ 22 March 2022
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
But before the awards season began — and people refused to talk about Bruno — two of the women putting the music and film together were already breaking barriers.
Germaine Franco is the first woman to ever score a Disney animated feature. And Charise Castro Smith is the first Latina to receive a directing credit on a Disney animated film. They join us to talk about representation, the music of "Encanto," and their careers.
Then we speak with Colombian singer-songwriter Sebastián Yatra about his newest album, working on soundtrack and his life as pop-star.
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| 0:00.0 | Okay listen, we are going to talk about Bruno. |
| 0:11.4 | Disney's in Conto has placed well and in Conto over both audiences and critics alike. |
| 0:17.6 | According to Disney Plus, the average viewer has watched the film at least five times, |
| 0:23.5 | and now Disney's hit movie is going for a trio of Academy Awards, including Best Original |
| 0:27.8 | Song, Best Original Score, and Best Animated Feature. |
| 0:31.9 | With the Oscars ceremony taking place this weekend, we're taking a closer look at in Conto. |
| 0:37.7 | We'll kick things off with a conversation between one A.C. your producer, John Quillen Hill, |
| 0:42.7 | and your main Franco and Cherice Castro Smith who worked on the film. |
| 0:46.8 | They join us to talk about representation, the music of in Conto, and their careers. |
| 0:51.2 | Then we'll hear from Sebastian Yatra, the Colombian singer-songwriters original song, |
| 0:56.4 | Dose Oriquitas, recorded for in Conto, has been nominated for an Oscar. |
| 1:01.0 | He talks to us about his career and life as a Latin pop star. |
| 1:04.6 | I'm Jen White. |
| 1:05.6 | You're listening to the One A podcast where we get to the heart of the story. |
| 1:09.7 | I remind her to have your questions answered on future topics or just to let us know what |
| 1:13.4 | you think. |
| 1:14.4 | Dose Oriquitas at One A. |
| 1:27.4 | Before the awards season began and people refused to talk about Bruno, two of the women |
| 1:32.1 | putting the music and the film together were already breaking barriers. |
| 1:36.4 | Germain Franco is the first woman to ever score Disney Animated Feature, and she joins me |
| 1:40.9 | now. |
| 1:41.9 | Germain, welcome to One A. |
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