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la curadora Waleska Santiago comparte su perspectiva sobre la pintura “Ataúd abierto”, por la pintora blanca Dana Shutz, de Emmett Till, un muchacho negro de 14 años que fue golpeado y ahorcado en 1955 por racistas en Mississippi.

Filmmaker Larry Hott on filmmaking in the age of Trump, Part 2. It gets worse...

We check in with state Rep. José Tosado of Springfield on some of the projects he has been working on to benefit his community.

For a still mysterious reason, UMass-Boston was about to award the Chancellor’s Medal to Puerto Rico former Gov. Pedro Rosselló, whose administration is considered by historians and political observers as the most corrupt in the island’s history. Dozens of his administrators and Cabinet secretaries were imprisoned for stealing millions of dollars from the departments of health, education, public works and others. More than 1,400 academics from UMass, many of them Puerto Rican, denounced the award. Under pressure by its own community and in social media, UMass-Boston rescinded the award. But they haven’t answered why Rosselló was considered in the first place — and for a second award.

Liz Roberts, CEO of Valley Venture Mentors, says the first step to developing your awesome idea is to get out of the house and come to the monthly meeting, held the second Wednesday of the month (this month it’s on May 10) at 5 pm on the first floor of Tower Square next to Champions Sports Bar. Whether you have a kernel of an idea or want to mentor an entrepreneur, Liz wants to meet you! And yes, there’s free food and drink here, as well as free parking and child care. OMG! Ramón Lorenzi says he showed up with an idea and VVM guided him to fully develop it into a now functioning company. Here is the link to Valley Ventures Mentors: valleyventurementors.org/participate/

Filmmaker Larry Hott and I talk with Diane Pearlman, executive director of the Berkshire Film and Media Collaborative. The BFMC brings together people who want to start making films and film industry veterans for workshops and networking events, promotes Western Massachusetts to moviemakers and wants to connect with you! On May 12 from 11:30 am to 6:30 pm at the Sheraton Monarch Place in Springfield, BFMC is hosting a daylong workshop on how to make a quality video with itsy bitsy budget. It is led by producer and director Jem Schofield of theC47. He will focus on small to no crew production for in-house, corporate video and independent filmmakers. It will cover current digital cinema cameras, lenses, related support gear, audio recording and lighting gear that is best suited for small scale production teams. Go here to get tickets and more info: BerkshireFilm.com. Of course there will plenty of food as well!

Emmy-award winning filmmaker Larry Hott reviews “Street Fight,” about Cory Booker’s 2002 successful 2002 Newark, NJ, mayoral campaign. A documentary film by Marshall Curry.Trailer here: youtube.com/watch?v=u6EkpsYtrsE

Larry also reviews the documentary about deforestation activists “If A Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation.” Trailer here: youtube.com/watch?v=WRwN-crcQrI&feature=youtu.be&list=UU-pvs6x9N_SPOrT3ESNJ8qQ

It was bound to happen - Trump noticed Puerto Rico. Oh no. Puerto Rico is in the throes of a catastrophic economy triggered by 1990s Gov. Pedro Rosselló, whose son, Ricardo, is now the governor and who is managing the mess started by his father. It's not that #tricky thinks his father did wrong; he seems intent on trying to erase what his father did.

Ariadna Goenaga reseña la película 'Hell or High Water". Corto aquí: youtube.com/watch?v=JQoqsKoJVDw

A moving story by Michael Garjian about his aunt Mabel, a pioneer in the aviation industry.