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Love to Laugh?

Posted on April 24, 2009 by julie

Somehow, we got to talking about laughter last night, and I thought about this scene from “Mary Poppins”: What kind of a laugh do you have?

Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: laugh, laughter, Mary Poppins, movies | 1 Comment

Havana Film Festival NY: Opening Night

Posted on April 17, 2009 by julie

Text: Julie Schwietert Collazo Photos: Francisco Collazo * The 10th anniversary of the Havana Film Festival in New York opened tonight at the Directors’ Guild of America in Manhattan. The star of the evening was Cuban actor Jorge Perugorria, who has played the leading role in some of the most popular movies in modern Cuban … Continue reading »

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Life On–and Off– the Screen

Posted on March 9, 2009 by julie

Text & Photos: Francisco Collazo [vease abajo para la version en espanol] * Since I was little, going to movies has been one of my favorite past-times. There, in the theatre, I’d fight powerful enemies and conquer strange, far-off lands. It’s where I learned the art of the conquest, the secrets that were still off-limits … Continue reading »

Categories: Cuba, Francisco's Photos, Francisco's Writing, Uncategorized | Tags: cine, cinema, Cuba, film, films, Havana, La Habana, movie, movie house, movies, Scarlett Johansson, theater, theatre, United States, US | 1 Comment

Spanish Harlem: A Photographic Tour/El Barrio: Un Recorrido Fotografico

Posted on March 8, 2009 by julie

Text & Photos: Francisco Collazo [vease abajo para la version en espanol] * Headed north of 96th Street on Manhattan’s East Side you enter the heart of Latin life in New York. Bordered on the east by a river of the same name and by Fifth Avenue on the west side, this neighborhood was originally … Continue reading »

Categories: Francisco's Photos, Francisco's Writing, New York, Uncategorized | Tags: Big Apple, Cubanos, Cubans, Dominicanos, Dominicans, East Side, El Barrio, Harlem, Hispanics, Latinos, Mejicanos, Mejico, Mexicanos, Mexicans, New York, New York City, New York neighborhoods, Newyorkinos, NYC, Puerto Ricans, Puertoriquenos, Puertorriquenos, SpaHa, Spanish, Spanish Harlem, Spanish-speaking, Upper East Side | 4 Comments

Reading Between the Lines/Leyendo Entre Lineas

Posted on March 5, 2009 by julie

Text: Francisco Collazo Washington, D.C. & New York photos: Francisco Collazo Havana Photos: Brayan Collazo [vease abajo para la version en espanol] * There are certain political events that continue to preoccupy me, though I don’t really know why. The letter sent to US Senator Daschle with Anthrax. The Oliver North scandal and the Nicaraguan … Continue reading »

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