{"id":921319,"date":"2024-10-23T11:35:50","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T15:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/?p=921319"},"modified":"2025-04-29T14:19:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T18:19:51","slug":"ojo-what-we-do-in-the-shadows-final-season-a-documentary-about-gay-lesbian-latinos-unidos-highlights-from-the-guadalajara-film-festival-alex-anwandters-new-album-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/ojo-10\/","title":{"rendered":"!Ojo! What We Do In The Shadows\u2019 Final Season, A Documentary about Gay & Lesbian Latinos Unidos, Highlights from the GuadaLAjara Film Festival, \u00c1lex Anwandter\u2019s New Album, and More!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a1Ojo! Latine media, art & cultural happenings to keep your eye on.<\/h3>\n

Bringing you a selection of new and notable LGBTQ media curated by GLAAD\u2019s Spanish-Language & Latine Media<\/a> & Representation team.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Younger latine people are more likely to identify as LGBTQ, and with over 62 million Latines in the US alone, <\/span>it is crucial to celebrate and amplify inclusive media<\/span><\/a> that represents the wide range of Latine experiences. Here are just a few examples of creative projects doing just that.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you love a show, film, song, or book, please remember to share about them on your socials, so that others can also know about great queer Latine media.<\/span><\/p>\n

Events You Don\u2019t Want To Miss<\/h3>\n

GuadaLAjara Film Festival Brings The Best of Latine Film to Downtown LA<\/b><\/p>\n

The GuadaLAjara Film Festival<\/span><\/a>\u2019s (GLAFF) comes to downtown Los Angeles Nov. 1\u2013 3. This year the festival features LGBTQ films<\/span> La Arriera<\/span><\/i> directed by Isabel Cristina Fregoso and <\/span>Rent Free <\/span><\/i>directed by Fernando Andres.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The festival\u2019s mission is to \u201cidentify, nurture and empower all generations of Latin-American and BIPOC filmmakers with an emphasis on the unification of creative minds and building bridges between the U.S. and Latin America.\u201d As part of the University of Guadalajara, the festival also works to build<\/a><\/span>\u00a0programs for students and early career filmmakers, to address the pipeline issue in Hollywood and give the community the opportunity to tell history through their eyes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Check out the official film descriptions below and find out where to watch and support independent LGBT films!<\/span><\/p>\n

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La Arriera<\/i> \u2013 Sat Nov 2 \u2013 4:30 PM @ Alamo Drafthouse<\/p>\n

In the mountains of Jalisco in western Mexico, Emilia\u2019s search for her biological father leads her to adventure as she runs away from her adoptive family. Posing as a young muleteer, she crosses the mountains on horseback towards the ocean. This journey makes her discover a different world and leads her to take control of her destiny.<\/span><\/p>\n

Buy tickets to La Arriera here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Rent Free<\/i> \u2013 Sun Nov 3 \u2013 9:00 PM @ Vidiots<\/p>\n

Childhood best friends Ben and Jordan live in a rapidly changing Austin, where they endure badly-paid jobs, tense relationships, and their own emotionally involved friendship. When they suddenly lose their apartment, they come up with a plan to spend the rest of the year \u201crent free.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

They set out on an ambitious adventure to <\/span>take advantage of their friends\u2019 hospitality<\/span> in an attempt to save up enough money to move to New York City. <\/span>Rent Free<\/span><\/i> is a high anxiety comedy about the struggles of growing up, an exploration of male friendship and the effects of gentrification.<\/span><\/p>\n

Buy tickets to Rent Free here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Standout Latine Music Releases<\/h3>\n

\u00c1lex Anwandter\u2019s Most Ambitious Album Yet<\/b><\/p>\n

Chilean singer-songwriter, filmmaker, and producer \u00c1lex Anwandter recently released <\/span>Dime Precioso, <\/span><\/i>his most experimental and ambitious album as he blends new wave, rock, funk and house. Anwandter has two nominations for the Latin Grammy for Best New Artist and Best Short Form Music Video and has also worked as a producer for Julieta Venegas and Juliana Gattas.<\/span><\/p>\n

The lyrics on <\/span>Dime Precioso<\/span><\/i> tackle the bleak state of the world and explore external validation, homoeroticism and even the economy. Overlaid with catchy synth beats, the songs become high-energy club tracks with a hidden edge. In an interview <\/span>with Line Magazine<\/span><\/a>, Anwandter speaks to this tension saying \u201cthe album, in part, is about taking refuge in the absurdity of vanity, in the midst of so many global crises\u2026 it’s like a bad joke.\u201d The original quote in Spanish is: \u201cEl disco un poco se trata de refugiarte en la absurdidad de la vanidad, en medio de este incendio mundial\u2026 es un chiste desafortunado.\u201d Standout tracks are \u201cParis, Tal Vez?\u201d with its cheeky lyrics: \u201c\u00bfA d\u00f3nde vas? En esta econom\u00eda, \u00bfa d\u00f3nde vas?\u201d and \u201cGaucho,\u201d a <\/span>house-inspired track where the familiar character from the first two songs searches for their lover<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Watch the music video for \u201cGaucho\u201d below and stream <\/span>Dime Precioso<\/span><\/i>!<\/span><\/p>\n