Less than 2% of leading movie roles go to Latinas, but those who do make it also multitask as directors and producers — in addition to pushing for more representation.
Soul Train."He kept saying, 'tonight is fate.' And I said, 'Oh, you wish.' He just couldn't stop laughing," she recalls."The next day he was like, 'I want you to try out for a film.' And I said, 'I'm not an actress.' And he goes, 'Oh, yes, you are.'"White Men Can't Jump, for which she earned an Oscar nomination. Today, she's in no fewer than four TV shows, including.
Actress Rosie Perez is co-chair of the Latino affinity group of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.As an activist, Perez protested U.S. weapons training in Puerto Rico and she was on President Obama's advisory council on AIDS and HIV. Perez co-hosts the Latino affinity group for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences."We're trying to move the needle as to inclusion in front and behind the scenes of Hollywood," she says.
Marketing and publicity ace Ivette Rodriguez is the cohost of the group."When Hollywood says they can't find Latinos, it's just absolutely not true. They are there, the stories are there," says Rodriguez."They need access, but we need to help them with what happens when you get there. How are you presenting yourself? What is that elevator pitch?"
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