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Film Review: “Lowriders” Takes it Low and Slow
By Bel Hernandez Opening this Friday, May 12th is a film that is hoping to capitalize on the number one film-going audience, Latinos and...
Bel Hernandez
May 10, 20174 min read


Comedienne Marlene Villafane Wins Audience Award For ”Marlene Goes to Hollywood”
Reporta del East Coast for PRIME LATINO MEDIA It’s amazing when one has the courage to bare their soul on stage in a one-woman show; when...
Bel Hernandez
Nov 29, 20164 min read


Close “Encounters” of the Brief Kind
Review by: Roberto Leal Watch on LatinHeatCinema.com My father died this past June. Sadly, we had a difficult relationship and never...
Bel Hernandez
Nov 21, 20163 min read


Luna Vélez A Lifetime of Achievements And New Film “Adrift” Premiering Nov. 25th
Reporta From The East Coast We’ve watched Luna Vélez – many of you know her as Lauren Vélez – on seven seasons as María LaGuerta on...
Bel Hernandez
Nov 21, 20165 min read


“Deepwater” Success
Here in San Antonio, gas prices are $2 a gallon. Life is good. The world may be going to hell in a deplorable hand-basket, but if gas is...
Bel Hernandez
Nov 5, 20164 min read


Wanted: Latino Movie Heroes
“Hollywood, I know your middle name. Who inspires your fabled fools?” — Steely Dan I recently saw 300 again for the 300th time. Never...
Bel Hernandez
Oct 20, 20163 min read


Trumping Trump’s Big Lie About Latinos
By Ana Valdez Originally published in Huffington Post “I am officially running for President of the United States, and we are going to...
Bel Hernandez
Aug 18, 20163 min read


Letting “Puerto Ricans In Paris” Die on the Vine
By Bel Hernandez For the longest time U.S. Latinos have been wondering where to find the Latino investors willing to invest in films by...
Bel Hernandez
Jun 14, 20163 min read


Monica Steuer: Triple Star in “Prospect”
Steuer Hits the Ball Out of the Park in NY Theatrical Role This is an amazing lady – a true actor. Monica Steuer was born in Brazil,...
Bel Hernandez
Jun 2, 20164 min read


An Open Letter To Chris Matthews – A “Slippery” Slope
Dear Chris, First let me say, I have been a faithful viewer of your show and MSNBC for many years. I have always enjoyed your direct...
Bel Hernandez
May 31, 20165 min read


Latinas & Power®: Develop Strong Voice & Empowerment Tools
Latinas & Power® Symposium Stress Need to Come Together on a National Level to Share Elements of Leadership 2016 Latinas & Power...
Bel Hernandez
May 11, 20164 min read


A Latino Call to Arms in Not Supporting the Tribeca Film Festival
By Tio Louie Louis E. Perego Moreno I’m bad at math, but driven by stats. Recently, Remezcla produced a feature story entitled, A Guide...
Bel Hernandez
May 2, 20163 min read


Diversify Diversity
By Jeff Valdez Serial Entrepreneur, Keynote Speaker, President VPI There has been a lot of criticism about this years Oscar telecast and...
Bel Hernandez
Mar 4, 20164 min read


An Open Letter To Chris Rock and Reggie Hudlin
Jeff Valdez Serial Entrepreneur, Keynote Speaker, President VPI First of all, congratulations for your work last night. It took a lot of...
Bel Hernandez
Feb 29, 20164 min read


The Oscars Are Just The Tip Of The Iceberg
Jeff Valdez Serial Entrepreneur, Keynote Speaker, President VPI So here’s the deal, the “Oscars,” are not the problem. They are the end...
Bel Hernandez
Feb 2, 20163 min read


Make America Great Again? Really Mr. Trump?
Because of the new “Make America Great Again,” frenzy, I decided to re-write and enhance a previous blog titled, “The Way We Were,”...
Bel Hernandez
Jan 28, 20163 min read


“Ms. Homicide”: Compassionate NYC Detective Irma Rivera On Lifetime
MS. HOMICIDE on Lifetime Movie Network, Wednesday, 09/23rd @ 11PM Especially as of late, the image media depicts of people behind the...
Bel Hernandez
Sep 23, 20156 min read


Gabriel Chavarria Lands Lead in “Apes”; Diego Luna’s Branding Urge
2nd Lead Role a Year for Chavarria! This is turning out to be quite a year for Gabriel Chavarria (East Los High) who just a few weeks ago...
Bel Hernandez
Aug 25, 20152 min read


Trump’s Trump Card Turned Out to be a Deuce
By Juan Bueno (Writer/Director) & Rebecca Bueno (Filmmaker) What The Donald thought was his trump card turned out to be a deuce. Poor...
Bel Hernandez
Jul 2, 20152 min read


Raul Carrera: Texan Renaissance Filmmaker
Guest Blog By Roberto Leal I had been exchanging email messages with Raul Carrera of Back in the Saddle Productions, a film production...
Bel Hernandez
Jun 27, 20158 min read
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