West Side Story: Why Now?
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 21 December 2021
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
In The Thick is excited to share a recent episode from Latino Rebels Radio, which gets into the remake of West Side Story from director Steven Spielberg. Julio talks to Erica González Martínez and Frances Negrón Muntaner, who are part of a new series from the Women’s Media Center called “Latinas are not in love with West Side Story. Here’s why.” Subscribe to Latino Rebels Radio wherever you get your podcasts. Photo credit: Niko Tavernise/20th Century Studios via AP
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| 0:29.9 | Hey ITT family, it's Mariano Hosta here. |
| 0:39.8 | And I'm Julio de Caloarela and starting today, the Futuro media offices are closed for the |
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| 0:52.6 | we want to keep sharing exciting episodes and conversations with you. |
| 0:57.1 | You know that Julio and I spoke about the new film remake of West Side Story a couple |
| 1:01.0 | of weeks ago on our sound off, and what Latino-Latina representation looks like in media and |
| 1:07.0 | film. |
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