Motherland: Cuba Korea USA.
Rafael Ocasio, Agnes Scott Coll., Decatur, GA - 11/01/2008 (U.S./Cuba, 2006) color. Spanish (English subtitles). 41 mins. Women Make Movies. 2008. DVD. $250. DOCUMENTARYMore
Metal and Melancholy.
Rafael Ocasio, Agnes Scott Coll., Decatur, GA - 11/01/2008 (Netherlands, 1993) color. Spanish (English subtitles). 80 mins. First Run/Icarus. 2007. DVD. $398. DRAMAMore
A Massacre Foretold.
Rafael Ocasio, Agnes Scott Coll., Decatur, GA - 11/01/2008 (U.K., 2007) color. English & Spanish (English subtitles). 58 mins. First Run/Icarus Fims. 2008. DVD. $390. DOCUMENTARYMore
La sagrada familia. (The Sacred Family)
Rafael Ocasio, Agnes Scott Coll., Decatur, GA - 10/15/2008 (Chile, 2005) color. Spanish (English subtitles). 99mins. First Run Features. 2008. DVD. $24.95. DRAMAMore
Así es la vida. (Such Is Life)
Reviewed by Rafael Ocasio, Agnes Scott Coll., Decatur, GA - 09/15/2008 (Mexico, 2000) color. Spanish (English subtitles). 98 mins. Macondo Cine, dist. by Facets. 2007. DVD. $29.99. DRAMAMore
Danzón.
Reviewed Rafael Ocasio, Agnes Scott Coll., Decatur, GA - 09/15/2008 (Mexico, 1991) color. Spanish (English subtitles). 120 mins. Macondo Cine, dist. by Facets. 2007. DVD. $29.95. DRAMAMore
The Borinqueneers
Reviewed by Rafael Ocasio, Agnes Scott Coll., Decatur, GA - 08/15/2008 (U.S., 2007) color. Spanish (English subtitles). 78 mins. Cinemaguild. 2007. DVD. $350. DOCUMENTARYMore
Multicultural Link Bruce Jensen, Online Reference Librarian, OCLC's QuestionPoint, Multicultural Support Librarian, Kutztown University November 1, 2008 El Malcriado: A key UFW newspaper now archived
This is a fine time of year to think about the ones who have prec... More
Multicultural Link Bruce Jensen, Online Reference Librarian, OCLC's QuestionPoint, Multicultural Support Librarian, Kutztown University October 28, 2008 Halloween parades & los gatos black
If you were to google the phrase Halloween parade and plot the results on a map, it w... More
Antonio Orlando Rodríguez—No Small Feat
Antonio Orlando Rodríguez, the Cuban novelist who won this year’s Premio Alfaguara de Novela, has been traveling nonstop. His book tour brought him to New York City this past May, where he met with reporters eager to interview him on his latest accomplishment.
A place of refuge
In this issue’s cover story, Pulitzer prize-winning author Junot Díaz recounts how the library helped him discover a world he wouldn’t have known otherwise and how for him, as an immigrant child, the library was a place—and a concept—he never could have imagined. Some Hispanics, like Díaz, who was newly arrived from the Dominican Republic, will dig right in and...