The Part of Nerd Culture That Loves You Back
With the recently released Gringo, Hollywood continues to reinforce harmful stereotypes about Mexico. While there is no question that Mexico has a drug cartel problem, Hollywood’s continued fixation on Mexico’s relationship with drugs seems, at this point, to rely on a complete refusal to acknowledge […]
In the second half of this roundtable round up, I had the opportunity to sit down with the inspiration for the book and film Queen of Katwe Phiona Mutesi, her mentor Robert Katende, director Mira Nair and a group of other journalists during the 2016 Toronto International Film […]
I had the opportunity to sit down with Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o and David Oyelowo – stars of Disney’s Queen of Katwe – and a group of other journalists during the Toronto International Film Festival. Here are the highlights of our conversation that covered everything from the […]