Mi Gente Show

We recorded this episode with Rosa Parra who is taking a break now from podcasting and movie reviews to talk about her favorite Latino films and TV shows of the year so far as well as to chat about horror movies that we have watched and ones you can skip. Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween and Dia de los Muertos.

Our resident Swifty and resident pop culture expert @bsblizzy stops by to break down all the drama surrounding Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift dating. The conspiracies their dating history and Lou calling out the swifties. It's all happening.  Thanks for listening and follow our socials to keep up with all the new pods and content.  @sofiacarr_ @bigchiefburrito @migenteshow    

Gaby Moreno aka @7Octoberz is a podcaster who hosts the Nightmare on Sedgwick ave hip hop and horror pod and we talked about her life in art and podcasting as well as about her upcoming event in San Diego this coming weekend.  We also talked about some of our favorite horror movies and what the most overrated ones are as well as which ones you can avoid or skip.  We also gave our thoughts on the o...

George Nicholas the director of the Film Limite came on to talk about making a film based on a true event filmed locally close by in Tijuana. The film is screening as part of San Diego International Film Fest Oct 21st and you can find more info at Limitemovie.com We also deep dived into the Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher apology video and ranked the top celebrity apologies.   Thanks for tuning in make...

Catching up on some old episodes we have not released this one was a deep dive into the Miranda Sings and Jonah Hill controversy as well as chatting about Pearly Things and other things happening when we recorded this. Promise we are getting back on schedule with weekly or twice weekly releases to catch up!  Thanks as always and enjoy the pod. 

Alexandra Rivera created the United Stateless podcast which focuses on people who have grown up or spent vast amounts of time in the US to only then be deported or make the decision to leave and go back to their home country for a variety of reasons.  We spoke about the chance encounter that made her think about creating this pod and about some of the amazing people she has met along the way. To h...

Late post this episode was all about Rosa giving us her thoughts on Blue Beetle and why you should watch it in theaters. We also talked about This Fool season 2 and how much we liked it. Then it was chisme and no namez wei.    Thanks for listening!  

Nelson and Fanny Grande founded Avenida Productions after being fed up with the lack of opportunities for Latino creatives and deciding to create those opportunities themselves.  Since then Avenida has expanded to include their crowdfunding platform Support Our Stories which has raised millions in capital for Latino filmmakers and now they have a Wefunder campaign as they aim to expand and launch...

Director Kenneth Castillo's new film Marigold is available to watch for free on Tubi and he stopped by to talk about the film and his life in indie filmmaking.  We had a great chat and had some guests stop by to chat argue etc during the show.  Thanks for listening! 

This episode was recorded several months back FYI pre strike and the original video stream is available to watch on our youtube channels for 2amburrito and MiGenteShow. Chris Estrada is the creator and star of "This Fool" on Hulu and season 2 drops right now so let's get hyped about season 2 and supporting Latino creatives. This was a really cool interview so I hope you all enjoy it. 

Sofia and Lou preview what is happening and what is not happening this year at Comic Con and we have a few guests stop by to talk about some of the indie projects happening.  Make sure you go check out some small panels the small press alley and support some smaller comics and indie projects this year if you are attending.  Thanks for listening Mi Gente Fam! 

Cubana/Dominicana filmmaker Anabel Iñigo joined us for this episode as we spoke about her film "Wish upon a disco ball" and about her life growing up in Florida and being an Afro Latina filmmaker making movies for her younger self.   She hung out as we did some no namez wei questions and we touched on a bunch of hot button topics during pride month.   Thanks for listening and following and make su...

Filmmaker Alejandro Miranda Cruz from WeAreBraveBird.com stops by to talk about his life in filmmaking and his short doc "Decolonizing Dinner"  He began as a child actor in the The Lost World Jurassic Park so we also talked about that and what it was like being a child directed by the legend Steven Spielberg and about the types of films and projects he likes to make for Brave Bird.  It was great c...

Rosa Parra from the daily chela stops by to talk Barbie Vs Oppenheimer and more about the summer movie season. We also chat about the Trump indictment and a Pride Month miracle and weather or not Dom Torreto is Latino enough or not Latino at all as the Fast franchise ret cons him as a Mexican Cuban Dominican Brazilian...

Sofia is BACK from Europe and we are back on a regular schedule live every Tuesday with new audio eps every Thursday.  Our topics for this ep was catching up on Sofia's trip experiences as well as talking about her upcoming appearances on the new dating/reality show coming out for love.     We react to some of the major hell scape watch topics including all the draconian legislation meant to targe...

Our guest for this episode is Jose Montesinos from Baby Llama Pictures We got to meet him and select his film Chico and Rico ; Animal Avengers for the comedy portion of the San Diego Latino film festival this year.  We had a cool chat about filmmaking blending genres like Westerns and Comedy to make an awesome short film and also did a cool bracket bit between Westerns and Fight movies. You can an...

Maribel Serrano is an activist actress producer and was one of the first Daca recipients when the program launched.  She chronicled her journey back home in the exceptional doc "My Daca Life" that has screened at countless film festivals over the last few years.   We spoke about her life and journey for the first 45 minutes of this episode.  The second part of this episode is Sofia and Lou delving...

Femicide or Feminicidio plagues not only Mexico and Latino cultures and countries but is an epidemic that affects the entire planet.   Rodrigo Occelli and his team tackle this subject in their new film "Me Mataron 3 Veces" a documentary that focuses on the root causes and the unintended and deeper consequences of this issue.  We got a chance to speak to their team including Alex Montes and Sandra...

On a very smokey episode of Mi Gente Show Lou turns a year older and the stoners have their holiday.   Lou does a top stoner movie bracket bit!  Rosa stops by to talk Ghosted and about the Jonathan Majors scandal as well as more in the world of entertainment and we jump into HellScape watch later on talking Fox News TN trying to take us back to the stone age and more.  A cool episode that gets pro...

Andi Dukleth is an indie comics artists and video journalists as well as an editor and she stopped by the show to talk about her life as an Artists and Video Journalists how that has changed in the last several years and about her currently live Kickstarter campaign for her indie comics collective called Accidental Aliens.  Andi crushes the bracket bit and hangs around for most of the show as we n...

We exchanged appearances with the team at South of 8 Podcast and had a great time talking about a lot of cool topics. Mr Beast stepping in where healthcare should be helping Mexicans winning the movie theater wars. AI taking over? And much more. Check them out @southofthe8pod          

L.I.F.E Latinos in film & entertainment is an organization that started from a viral tweet about the challenges facing Latino creatives in the entertainment world.  We spoke to Rob Alicea & Angelique Rivera about how that tweet brought them together to form a growing movement and support system for Latino/e/x creatives. We spoke about their background and ways that people can get involved and supp...

Sofia and Lou return from covering San Diego Latino film festival 30th anniversary and catch up on the major news stories they missed.  Festival Re Cap Bad Bunny Dating  Jenna Ortega a Diva on Set? Trump and the DAs?  Will they or wont they?  

Had to delete and re upload had the wrong file up.  Sorry about that folks and thanks for letting me know. This is the correct episode with @TaliVee from the @cojeloconpod who joined us to do an ultimate MCU Bracket Bit and to talk about their pod and life in film and video production.

@cinebeth joins us to react to the Oscar Nominations What are the biggest snubs surprises and have the Oscars' become too safe and predicatable? More reactions to news and culture and a few rants and of course a movie bracket bit.  Enjoy like share sub and rate if you feeling benevolent.