Month: October 2015

#BlackLivesMatter Has Gone Global and Brazil Needs It — Badly

LINK: NBCBLK REPORT

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#POCtober: “Night Walker” A Horror Short by Navajo Film Maker Glenn Singer

“NIGHT WALKER” A Horror Short By Glenn Singer

“Night Walker” is a story we’ve all heard about hitchhikers on the rez… This short film project incorporates an all Navajo cast and crew. It was written and directed by Navajo film maker Glenn Singer of Ganado, Arizona.

The Japanese Gamers Who Prefer to Date Videogame Characters

LINK: You can debate the impact this has had on love

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Blavity: What John Boyega in ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ means to me

LINK: A 3 Minute Read By Ira Hobbs

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Geek Culture’s Picks: Horror Films For The High-brow Geek

Read at Geekculture.com.

Guillermo del Toro’s “The Devil Backbone” makes the cut…

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Neil deGrasse Tyson Is Your—And Everyone Else’s—Personal Astrophysicist

Read at Vice.com.

Morocco is building the biggest solar farm in all of Africa

LINK: ARTICLE IN ENGADGET

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The Difference Between Hispanic & Latino: A Comic By Terry Blas

LINK: I’m Latino. I’m Hispanic. And they’re different, so I drew a comic to explain.

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#POCtober: Hauntings, Horror & History of Latin America

Here are some site recs to celebrate horror and history through out Latin America!

Latin Horror
The first English-language website dedicated to the genre of Latin horror. Features the leading Latin/Spanish/International “dark creative expressionists” working in film, theater, music, photography, illustration, graphic novels, “dark art” novelas, comic books, literature, and games—from the seasoned masters—to the up-and-coming Latin horrorphile whose work is grounded in horror, the macabre, and gothic arts.

100 Must See Brazilian Horror Films / 100 Filmes Brasileiros de Horror
A REC LIST CREATED BY Created by C Primati for IMDb
100 recs from site member C Primati.

Latina.com: 7 Terrifying Latin American Legends

Mexico Less Travelled: Haunted Mexico

BikeHike: The Spookiest Ghost Stories of Central and South America

Peru This Week: Five Famous Peruvian Ghost Stories

Beyond Samba: Brazilian Folklore: Magical Creatures that Inhabit the Forests

Remezcla: The Top 5 Latino Horror Legends & Monsters

Wander Argentina: Haunted Buenos Aires: Ghost Stories of the City

YouTube: Las Leyendas de Guatemala (The Legends of Guatemala)

Latin Times: Top 5 Scariest Latin American Ghost Stories

Travel Basecamp: Exploring Roatán’s Haunted Caverns In Honduras

George Lucas: $10 Million For African American & Hispanic Film Students

LINK: Lucas Gifts a Bundle to USC’s Film School

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