#Youtube in the heights movie

The film has received mostly glowing reviews and boasts a 96 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, though it would be remiss not to mention the ongoing conversation about colorism and In the HeightsвЂ™s lack of Afro-Latinx people (which, in real life, make up a large percentage of Washington HeightsвЂ™s population).

#Youtube in the heights movie

The latest source of joy from familiarity was a scene in In the Heights, the Jon Chu-directed movie adaptation of Lin-Manuel MirandaвЂ™s 2008 Broadway musical about a Latinx community in New York CityвЂ™s Washington Heights neighborhood. Still, I never felt like I had much to point to as references of feeling seen as Cuban in mainstream media.ДЄs an adult I have found comfort in the wonderfully charming and smart remake of One Day at a Time - sharp with its portrayal of the heartbreaking and all too common Cuban exile story, the importance of Vicks VapoRub to any Latin household, and an explanation of why Che Guevera, a man who served as Fidel CastroвЂ™s second-in command, is not the face you want to be sporting on your T-shirt - because, for some reason, we need to keep explaining this to people.

IвЂ™m fortunate that I grew up in Miami, a place as close to Cuba as I worry IвЂ™ll ever get. Tapas, sangria, bold Rioja wines, sliced jamon, bull fights even inauthentic depictions of Spanish traditions are at least a recognition of the real thing. As the daughter of a Cuban mother and Spanish father, IвЂ™ve been used to the world celebrating my dadвЂ™s culture while having much less of an understanding of my momвЂ™s. We want our foods and faces to be seen and heard outside of the walls of our homes and communities. Our conversations around food and culture boil down to a central feeling: representation - or sadly more common, the lack thereof.