Latinos Beyond Reel: Challenging a Media Stereotype, color & b/w. 84 min. w/English & Spanish subtitles. Miguel Picker & Chyng Sun, Open Lens Media, dist. by Media Education Fdn., www.mediaed.org. 2012. DVD ISBN 9781932869705. $34.95; acad. libs. $275. Public performance

摘要

Hispanics now rank as the second largest ethnic group in America, and despite some progress, they remain an underrepresented, misrepresented minority in the media. This documentary provides a critical look at Latino stereotypes, which sometimes manifest as a reflexive, almost subconscious reaction, other times surface as a deliberate attempt to assert majority power or justify history. Examples are easy to find, extending back to the birth of movies, television, mass advertising, and comic books.