Award-winning filmmaker Patricia Cardoso becomes the first Latina director to be included in the National Film Registry at the Library of Congress. - NBCLatino
“For me, being one of the first Latinx woman directors is very important. But I would wish I wasn’t the first one. I wish there were many, many more before me and certainly hope there are many more coming behind me," said Cardoso, who is also a film professor at University of California, Riverside.
“Real Women Have Curves" is one of the 25 movies added in 2019 to the National Film Registry at the Library of Congress,Other 2019 selections include Luis Valdez’s “Zoot Suit,” which tells the story of the Los Angeles’ 1942 “Sleepy Lagoon Murder” and the racially charged “Zoot Suit Riots,” as well as late singer Prince’s 1984 autobiographical film “Purple Rain.”as a young Latina actress, being cast in ‘Purple Rain’ was the opportunity of a lifetime.
The three films are among other selected classics such as Martin Scorsese's “The Last Waltz," Walt Disney's last classic animated fairy tale"Sleeping Beauty" and Spike Lee’s 1986 breakout movie “She’s Gotta Have It.” the new additions join a long list of films that are considered to be the most influential motion pictures in the country because of their cultural, historic and aesthetic importance to the nation’s film heritage.. A smaller percentage are directed by women of color.
Cardoso has carved a career in an industry where only four percent of its directors are women and less than one percent are Latinas. She is also a member of the
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