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Film focus: Pelo Malo

Film editor Scarlett Sullivan gives the low-down on 2013 release Pelo Malo. From Venezuelan writer/director Mariana Rondón comes this poignant tale of a young boy who, against the wishes of his distressed mother, Marta (Samantha Castillo), decides to straighten his curly hair in an attempt to mirror the appearance of his celebrity idols for his yearbook photo. […]

A Culture of Homophobia

Tom Webb reveals why recent advances in Latin American Gay Rights laws hardly scratch the surface of a long standing problem. A 2012 mass procession in remembrance of murdered Chilean, Daniel Zamudio When you think of Latin America, what comes to mind? Is it Argentine steaks, the Tango, Brazilian Carnivals? Or maybe it’s football, the drug trade or possibly even […]