LATIN REPRESENTATION

 

This is my partner, Daniel. Daniel is from Honduras, he was born there, lived there and only moved here for middle school. He loves his culture and that can just clearly be seen by his apparel and just his interest in sports like soccer as that was what he grew up watching and playing. 

We decided to bring some of that into our film opening by making that the original home of the main character. We used a Honduras flag in his room for example because he is proud of his heritage and had just recently moved from there. We also included some Spanish into our film opening. Although it was a short line, that inclusion just adds a nice little touch to our video.

This representation in the media is important. It isn't that Latin people are not 'properly' represented or not at all, but it is always good to represent a minority. Especially for our film. This is a very real situation as it of course happened with my partner in his own actual life. Moving to a different country is not easy and seeing it from a perspective of someone similar to them could help Latin teen immigrants feel more comfortable. This also informs other people of some of the struggles that come with situations like those. It should inspire others to be more aware and inspired to do more good rather than bad in the world.