During ATX Television Festival’s virtual edition, trailblazing Latinx TV creators Gloria Calderon Kellett (One Day at a Time), Tanya Saracho (Vida), Steven Canals (Pose) And Ilana Pena (A Dia…
) discussed a breadth of issues that revolved around the topic of celebrating authentic storytelling.and on the eve of the Pan Pacific Park/Fairfax protest. The ramifications and resistance as a result of George Floyd’s death were very much present.
Pena said that the social media posts and donations may feel hollow, but it is something. More importantly, we need to listen to the Black community and what they have to say. “A lot of them feel like they have been shouting this into a void and the country has not been listening,” she said. “They are the voices we need to hear and they are being silenced.”
“This is a systemic issue that has been going on for quite a long time,” he said. “The last four years has emboldened a certain amount of racism, as well as homophobia, sexism and misogyny.” He adds we need to amplify voices on the front lines and band together. “It’s not enough just to say, ‘I support the work other people are doing…we need to come together and say that this needs to stop.”
Kellett talks about being seen on TV and how growing up, she didn’t see typical TV tropes apply to the Latinx community. She felt invisible, and now, she makes TV for her 14-year-old self. “I hope that is not the way people have to go through any more,” she said.
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