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newspaper edición bilingüe digital

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“DONDE OCURREN LOS HECHOS QUE IMPORTAN, SIEMPRE PRIMERO... ANTES”

Año 18 - No. 318

Nashville, Tennessee

Primera conferencia ‘CineTVLatino’ se une a FILM-COM/Filmolution

Evento bilingüe acoge a experimentados profesionales de medios entre actores, directores y productores provenientes de Costa Rica, España, Colombia, Ecuador, Estados Unidos, Perú, Bolivia, Argentina y México pueden encontrar www.Filmolution2020.com cinetvlatino-com.com

La Cámara de Comercio Hispana del Área de N a s h v i l l e (NAHCC) llevó a cabo exitosamente CineTVLatinoCOM, conferencia educativa de un día que se enfocó Cunza en oportunidades PorLaYuri para creativos y EditorNoticia inChief empresarios hispanos / latin@s / Latinx en películas, series de televisión y documentales.

IN THE ISSUE La conferencia contó con expositores de Costa Rica, España, Colombia, Ecuador, Estados Unidos, Perú, Bolivia, Argentina y México, quienes tocaron una amplia gama de temas, proyectos cinematográficos y debates de preguntas y respuestas, con interpretación simultánea español-inglés disponible durante todo el día *.

La fecha de lanzamiento este año fue sólo unas semanas atras, el viernes 16 de octubre, y además de las mesas redondas, hubo también proyecciones gratuitas seleccionadas por los participantes del panel como parte de los eventos de Filmolution2020.

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Producido por la Cámara de Comercio Hispana con el apoyo de Film-Com y socios estratégicos, CineTVLatino-COM será un evento anual durante la temporada de la Conferencia Film-COM, para el intercambio de contenido independiente, narrativas audiovisuales indígenas, tendencias y perspectivas, trabajos multimedia, completos o en desarrollo; con profesionales de la industria y educadores de la cultura.

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15 writers, producers, directors and actors from the Spanish speaking Americas participated in CineTVLatino-Nashville

FILM-COM es un conferencia comercial anual (ya en su 11vo. año) que reúne principalmente a ejecutivos experimentados de la industria y creadores de contenido con el propósito de establecer relaciones comerciales para facilitar el lanzamiento de proyectos, ya sea en las fases de empaque o de nueva filmación. El sitio web de FILM-COM es http://Film-Com.com

Conoce tus derechos: ¿Que hacer en caso de una redada?

1. Mantenerse callado 2. Sólo dar nombre y apellido 3. No mentir 4. Nunca acepte/lleve documentos falsos 5. No revelar su situación migratoria 6. No llevar documentación de otro país 7. En caso de ser arrestado, mostrarla Tarjeta Miranda (llámenos si necesita una)

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CineTVLatino-COM.com como parte de Filmolution2020 es un programa de 9 días de eventos llevados a cabo desde el sábado 10 de octubre hasta el domingo 18 de octubre que incluyen Score-Com para compositores, Script-Com para guionistas, Actor-Com para actores, Faith in Film Conferencia y SWIFT Summit producida por Women in Film & Television. Todos los eventos de los socios de CineTVLatino-COM se

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*Interpretación de idiomas simultanea fue gracias al Fondo de Respuesta COVID-19 de la Fundación Frist a través del Centro de Idiomas Extranjeros de Tennessee (TLC).

Participantes en CineTVLatinoCOM2020 (en orden alfabético): •Claudio Rojas, Productor, 175 Films & Media, ULACIT (Costa Rica) •Eduardo Henriquez, Director / Productor, "Criszamver" (Ecuador) •Damian Chapa, Actor/Director/ Producer (USA) •Elkin Zair, Comunicadora Social y Productora Audiovisual, SENA (Colombia) •Fernando García, Programador de Cine / Emprendedor Cultural FICG, (México) •Gaba Cortes, Director / Artivista (México) •Gisela Moore, Comisión de Entretenimiento de Tennessee (USA) •Pedro Lijerón Vargas, Periodista, Cineasta y Gerente de Cultura y Arte de la Fundación Grupo Ukamau / •Jorge Sanjinés Films (Bolivia).

•Pepe Serna, Actor/Director (USA) •Pilar Roca, Productora/Directora (Perú).

•Robert Rodríguez, Productor (USA) •Tatiana Astengo, Actriz (Perú) •Tato Moreno, Productor / Director, FILMATEC (Argentina) •Victor Barcena, Director, Dies Irae Audiovisual Productions (España) •Victor Prada Palma, Actor / Director / Productor (Perú).

Envíenos sus sugerencias por e-mail: news@hispanicpaper.com

Basados en la Quinta Enmienda de la Constitución, los derechos de guardar silencio y contar con un abogado fueron denominados Derechos Miranda luego de la decisión de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de Estados Unidos en el caso Miranda vs. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, de 1966.

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More than a Customer: Quick Connections

BY HANNAH HERNER At Pedro L.’s selling spot on Broadway and 14th Ave N, the light is so short that there’s not a lot of time to talk. But that doesn’t stop him from bonding with his customers. In the early mornings and mid-afternoons, Pedro’s sunny disposition is a welcome respite on three very different commutes.

Shannon Meadors, minister to children at Nashville First Baptist Church, hopes to get a red light on her way to work so she and Pedro can catch up.

She hears about his brother in Florida, his upcoming new teeth, and makes sure he has a safe place to sleep. He asks about her kids, and her daughter’s soccer career.

Meadors says her goal is to help him buy more papers and do his job well. So she’ll give him some extra cash each week.

Pedro collects treasures like masks, candy, and packages of tissues to give back.

“He always has a gift for me, it’s so fun!” she says.

Shannon grew up in Evansville, Illinois, and Pedro used to work there as a garbage collector.

“Ever since I told her I used to be in Evansville, we connected,” he says.

Shortly after Sandy Tormey, a member of her church who was also a Contributor vendor, passed, Pedro came into her life.

Shannon feels this was no accident.

“He’s very kind. He’s always there, he’s a hard worker. He’s gracious. He’s generous with his words and with his things,” she says. “When I’m on the way to work and tired, it’s nice to see a smiling face that is asking how you are, and in return to do the same. Pedro is a blessing, a great way to start my day.”

Before she pulls away, Pedro always says “God Bless You.” Woodworker Nicholai Turner has been building a rapport with Pedro since he started taking a route to work that passes his spot in early 2018.

Nicholai says he started buying the paper just to do the crossword puzzle, but eventually started reading the articles inside. He was struck by a piece Pedro had written about how the sorrow he felt when he killed a bird as a kid led him to caring for those that cross his path today.

Nicholai thought of a book that had been sitting on his shelf for some time, Birds of North America.

“I felt like he was a worthy candidate that would probably use it more than me,” he says. “That was my way of trying to return the favor from his generosity.”

Pedro had been collecting handwarmers he was given and passing them to Nicholai since he heard he was going to be taking frequent trips to Wisconsin. Having grown up in Chicago, Pedro knows the cold.

“He seen me feeding the birds. I said yea, I’m interested in birds,” Pedro says. “Then

he gave me a book! A book about birds. It shows pictures of all the different kinds. I know now what kind of birds they are.”

When Pedro recently got into his own apartment, Nicholai gave him a wooden bowl that he made. Pedro keeps candy in it.

Sometimes Nicholai will sit through an extra light just to talk to Pedro.

“He’s always a joyful guy,” Nicholai says.

“He’s always happy to see me. If I wake up late or somebody cuts me off or something like that on the interstate, it’s nice to be able to have a little respite there just for a couple seconds at the light and be able to chat with Pedro. Especially now with everyone trying to maintain some physical distance, any connection you can get, it’s nice.”

Debi Krause used to see Pedro most days on her way to work as a paralegal in the U.S. Attorney’s office. Each time, she would bring him two hard boiled eggs and a thermos of coffee. She even got him two containers so they could switch out each day. Her job has changed because of the pandemic and they don’t see each other very often anymore.

Now, they stay in touch via text.

At the beginning of the year, she read an article in The Contributor where Pedro said he liked watching Chopped, so she took him to a local spot where one of the chefs from the show cooks. To make the evening extra special, she took him to get a haircut and shave at an upscale barbershop. Pedro loves to tell the story of the barbershop even offering him a beer, which he declined.

Pedro’s fatherly instinct comes out with Debbie’s granddaughter, and he holds on to candy and other prizes he’s given to pass along to her. He has two adult daughters of his own.

Early in the mornings, it was she who would get up to make the coffee, heavy on the sugar, while Debbie prepped the eggs.

“It was a great opportunity for my granddaughter to meet him,” Debbie says.

“He is just socially superpowered, he’s so good. She was a little awkward and he was very kind.”

For his new place, she’s planning to get him a new coffee pot, but hopes to get back to the daily coffee and hard boiled eggs soon.

Pedro says he’s gotten a fair amount of rude comments on his corner, with people yelling at him to “get a job.” The customers he’s gotten to bond with are a bright spot.

He believes he’s an especially good judge of character.

“I enjoy talking to these people. You can look in somebody’s eyes and tell if they’re a good person or not. I believe that. Did you know that?” Pedro says. “I feel I have a bond with them. They enjoy the paper and I think they see something in me, something special in me. And I see something special in them.”

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NASHVILLE HISTORY CORNER

Why Johnny STILL can't read?

3 out of 4 children in Tennessee cannot read at grade level.

A LOOK AT SAINT JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN ASHWOOD, TENN.

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BY RIDLEY WILLS II If someone asked me, a Presbyterian, what I think is the most beautiful church in Middle Tennessee, I would say that it’s Saint John’s Episcopal on State Highway 6 between Columbia and Mt. Pleasant.

The church was the fulfillment of the dream of Leonidas Polk, the Episcopal Bishop of Louisiana and a major general in the Confederate Army. He gave the land, supervised the construction and financially supported this three-year effort. His brothers, who owned adjoining plantations, helped build the church. Enslaved people cut the trees and hewed the timbers for beams and f loors. The foundation stones were quarried from

a nearby site, and from a large wild cherry tree on the church grounds the altar, communion rail and balcony were made. Polk’s mother gave the church a silver communion service.

The building, which measured 42’ by 65’ and had walls sixteen inches wide, was completed in 1842 and the bell installed in the church tower in 1849. At the consecration service on Sept. 4, 1842, white families took seats first and enslaved people, who built the building, and their families found places to sit where they could in the filled to capacity building.

Several members of the Polk family are buried in the cemetery behind the church. Also buried there

is Bishop James H. Otey, founder of the Episcopal Church in Tennessee. Bishop Polk asked to be buried there. However, after he was killed on Pine Mountain near Marietta, Ga., in 1864, he was buried in the crypt beneath the chancel of Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church in Augusta, Georgia. In 1945, his remains were moved to Christ Church Cathedral in New Orleans because he had been Bishop of Louisiana.

Today, only a couple of worship services are held at Saint John’s annually. The only person I know of who has been buried there in recent decades is the son of Tommy and Evelyn Trabue, of Nashville.

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The New Christian Year Selected by Charles Williams (1941)

Charles Walter Stansby Williams (1886–1945), the editor of the following selections, is today probably the third most famous of the famous Inklings literary group of Oxford, England, which existed in the middle of the 20th century, and which included among its ranks the better-known and longer-lived Oxford Dons J.R.R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis—but he was arguably the most precocious and well-read of this eminent and intellectually fertile group. He was also known to have influenced Dorothy Sayers, T. S. Eliot and W. H. Auden.

Lacking a proper degree unlike his fellow Inklings, this genius Cockney-speaking author, editor, critic, and playwright was eminently well-versed in both philosophical and theological writings of the remote past as of the present day (the mid-20th century) and used this familiarity to good effect in his poetry, supernatural fiction and his lesser-known devotional selections designed for the spiritual benefit of the faithful in the Church of England. This series of profound quotations, encompassing all walks of life, follows the sequence of the themes and Bible readings anciently appointed for contemplation throughout the church's year, beginning with Advent (i.e., December) and ending in November, and reaches far beyond the pale of the philosophical and theological discussions of his day. It was under his hand, for instance, that some of the first translations of Kierkegaard were made available to the wider public. It is hoped that the readings reproduced here will prove beneficial for any who read them, whatever their place in life's journey. — Matthew Carver

23rd Wednesday after Trinity

MY Eros is crucified.

OF all things the beholding and the loving of the Maker maketh the soul to seem least in his own sight, and most filleth it with reverent dread and true meekness; with plenty of charity to his even-Christians.

Juliana of Norwich: Revelations of Divine Love.

HEAVENLY things naturally belong to thee, not earthly ones.

Boethius: Consolation of Philosophy, translated by King Alfred.

23rd Thursday after Trinity LORD, since Thou hast taken from me all that I had of Thee, yet of Thy grace leave me the gift which every dog has by nature: that of being true to Thee in my distress, when I am deprived of all consolation. This I desire more fervently than Thy heavenly Kingdom!

Mechthild of Magdeburg: Light of the Godhead.

SECRETS are revealed to a friend who has become one with his friend and not to a servant.

St Catherine of Siena: Dialogues.

23rd Friday after Trinity THE pure, mere love of God is that alone from which sinners are justly to expect from God that no sin will pass unpunished, but that His love will visit them with every calamity and distress that can help to break and purify the bestial heart of man and awaken in him true repentance and conversion to God. It is love alone in the holy Deity that will allow no peace to the wicked, nor ever cease its judgements till every sinner is forced to confess that it is good for him that he has been in trouble, and thankfully own that not the wrath but the love of God has plucked out that right eye, cut off that right hand, which he ought to have done but would not do for himself and his own salvation.

William Law: The Spirit of Love.

23rd Saturday after Trinity

AND that thou mayst win to the sweetness of God's love, I set here three degrees of love, in the which thou be aye waxing. The first degree is called insuperable, the second inseparable, the third singular. Thy love is insuperable when nothing may overcome it, that is, neither weal nor woe nor anguish, lust of flesh nor liking of this world . . .

Thy love is inseparable when all thy thoughts and wills are gathered together and fastened wholly in Jesus Christ, so that thou mayst no time forget him, buy aye thou thinkest on him . . . Thy love is singular when all thy delight is in Jesus Christ and in none other thing finds joy and comfort.

Richard Rolle: The Commandment.

Twenty-Third Sunday after Trinity THEN said our good Lord Jesus Christ: "Art thou well paid that I suffered for thee?" I said: "Yea, good Lord, gramercy. Yea, good Lord, blessed mayst thou be." Then said Jesus, our kind Lord: "If thou art paid, I am paid: it is a joy, a bliss, an endless liking to me that ever suffered I passion for thee; and if I might suffer more, I would suffer more."

Juliana of Norwich: Revelations of Divine Love.

St Ignatius.

24th Monday after Trinity THE whole life of Christ was a continual passion; others die martyrs, but Christ was born a martyr . . . His birth and his death were but one continual act, and his Christmas-day and his Good Friday are but the evening and morning of the one and the same day.

Donne: Sermon of Christmas-Day, 1626.

IT requires moral courage to grieve; it requires religious courage to rejoice.

Kierkegaard: Journals.

24th Tuesday after Trinity OUR Lord Jesus oftentimes said: "I it am, I it am: I it am that is highest, I it am that thou lovest, I it am that thou likest, I it am that thou servest, I it am that thou longest for, I it am that thou desirest, I it am that thou meanest, I it am that is all. I it am that Holy Church preacheth and teacheth thee, I it am that showed me here to thee."

Juliana of Norwich: Revelations of Divine Love.

"THAT that I am, Lord, I offer unto thee; for thou it art."

And think nakedly, plainly, and boisterously, that thou art as thou art, without any manner of curiosity.

The Epistle of Privy Counsel.

24th Wednesday after Trinity ALL the Trinity wrought in the Passion of Christ, ministering abundance of virtues and plenty of grace to us by him: but only the Maiden's Son suffered: whereof all the blessed Trinity endlessly enjoyeth.

Juliana of Norwich: Revelations of Divine Love.

MY me is God, nor do I know my selfhood save in Him. St Catherine of Genoa: Life.

24th Thursday after Trinity GRACE is only the type of glory, for it is not the ultimate end. It has been symbolized by the law, and itself symbolizes (glory). But it is the type of it, and the origin or cause.

Pascal: Pensées.

THE tree lies as it falls; it is true; but yet it is not the last stroke that fells the tree; nor the last word, nor the last gasp that qualifies the soul.

Donne: Sermons.

24th Friday after Trinity IT is part of righteous living not to stand in fear of things which ought not to be feared . . . In order that no kind of death should trouble an upright man, the cross of this Man had to be set before him, because, of all kinds of death, none was more execrable, more fear-inspiring than this.

St Augustine: Questions.

GOD compasses us with songs of deliverance, we are sure he would not leave us; but he compasses us with cries too, we are afraid, we are sure, that we may drive him from us.

Donne: Sermons.

24th Saturday after Trinity THEY used to say that one of the old men asked God that he might see the fathers, and he saw them all, with the exception of Anthony; and he said unto him that showed them to him, "Where is Anthony?" And he said unto him, "Wheresoever God is there is Anthony."

The Paradise of the Fathers.

NOW therefore, my children, abide in peace, for, behold, Anthony bringeth his journey to an end, and he goeth whither Divine Grace shall bring him.

St Athanasius: Life of St. Anthony.

KEEP us, Lord, so awake in the duties of our callings that we may sleep in thy peace and wake in thy glory.

Donne: Sermons.

Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Trinity ALL is best, though we oft doubt What the unsearchable dispose Of highest wisdom brings about And ever best found in the close.

Oft he seems to hide his face But unexpectedly returns And to his faithful champion hath in place Borne witness gloriously, whence Gaza mourns, And all that band them to resist His uncontrollable intent.

His servants he with new acquist Of true experience from this great event With peace and consolation hath dismissed And calm of mind, all passion spent.

Milton: Samson Agonistes.

25th Monday after Trinity THEREFORE since a certain created wisdom was created before all things, the rational and intellectual mind of that caste cry of thine, our mother, which is above, and is free, and eternal in the heavens (in what heavens, if not in those that praise thee, even the heaven of heavens? because this is also the Heaven of Heavens made for the Lord):—though we find no time before it (because that which hath been created before all things, precedeth also the creature of time) yet is the eternity of the Creator himself even before it; from whom that, being created, took beginning: not beginning of its time (for time was not yet in being) but of its creation.

St Augustine: Confessions.

25th Tuesday after Trinity AND since that Christ saith that no man hath more love than for to put his life for his friend's, this blessed hanging of Christ on the cross is that high charity that God loved man in, and this charity is the Holy Ghost . . . There be many witnesses and reasons to the Trinity, but this manner of love is more plenteous and more profitable to men; and therefore Christ saith it thus, and thus each man should rule all his life after this Holy Trinity, for else he must fail.

Look first that he be grounded in stable beginning, and then that he proceed in gracious mean, and then that he end in fullness of charity, and then his life is ensampled after the Trinity.

Wycliffe: Sermons.

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GIRLS WRITE TEEN TAKEOVER

PHOTO BY DAVID PIÑEROS; ILLUSTRATIONS BY HARRY SMITH

GIRLS WRITE TEEN TAKEOVER This series of essays, interviews, poems, Q&As and more is the result of a collaboration between The Contributor and Girls Write Nashville, a nonprofit with a mission to empower expression through songwriting and modern music education and build creative community and mentorship for girls.

Girls Write Nashville worked on this project as part of their Sing Through the Quarantine programming effort in which they are also publicly releasing music written and remotely recorded by local youth during Safer at Home measures. In Girls Write Nashville, as well as their gender-neutral wing Loudmouth Community Music, students are guided through the process of writing and recording original songs by a local professional teaching artist in a supportive community of their peers. Pro-

gramming is available for students K-12 and is free for students enrolled in Title I schools.

Programming is currently being offered virtually and is open for enrollment. (Students interested in enrolling in programming, or anyone interested in getting involved with the organization, can go to www.girlswritenashville. com, email jen@girlswritenashville.com, or call Jen Starsinic at (615)784-8725.)

At The Contributor, our editors, staff writer, Girls Writer Nashville’s director and an ESL teacher at Glencliff High School worked with a half dozen young women from Nashville to dream up a few stories for this issue. The students wanted to write about Black Lives Matter and youth movements. We discussed as a group the implications of this summer’s protest movement and the importance of youth

in organizing and protest movements. A photo essay in this package depicts students involved in one of the largest protests in Nashville’s history this summer. The students are concerned about domestic violence against women and families so one student wanted to interview professionals about how women can be empowered to leave domestic violence situations.

They are frustrated and wanted to write about being in high school during a pandemic, and they wrote about that too. They know we all need to spend time with our favorite music, movies and more to get through these moments. They wanted to show that they have many sides — that they are teenagers who care about their community and want more for their future. We hope you enjoy what they’ve written.

AMANDA HAGGARD & JEN STARSINIC

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GIRLS WRITE TEEN TAKEOVER

How the Black Lives Matter movement gave me a common passion between my split personalities

BY ALOR A YOUNG I have a brain that works in dichotomies. Depending on the subject I am either disabled or a prodigy in the psychology community they call people like me “twice exceptional.”

Both learning disabled and gifted.

For the longest time, I called it being broken. I’ve always known my brain was wired a little differently.

It was the way I read thousands of pages without breaking a sweat but couldn’t remember the order of operations. It was the way I wrote operas but I couldn’t remember where I left any of the four printed copies of my paper on Italian theatre. It was the way I skipped two years of math, despite lacking basic mathematical ability, because I had mastered every function of my ti84. I’m bilingual, I’m bisexual, I look biracial, and I’m

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a relentless optimist with a pessimist inside my head called OCD. My mom says it’s because I’m a Gemini.

If you cut me in half down the middle of my mixed-up identities, I doubt they would be friends. And I’m almost certain they would only have one thing in common. They are angry.

This summer, for the very first time the world looked at me and actually saw me standing there. The black lives matter movement forced the issues I’ve been fighting for since middle school onto the front page of every magazine. Another thing you should know about me is my thoughts almost always rhyme. I used to call it thinking in poetry. But now they’re rally chants, and battle cries. Ask any black person and they will tell you how old they were the first time they

realized they were being held to a different set of standards. In my house, they call it “black tax.” It’s the notion that a black person must work twice as hard in this country to get half as far or half the respect.

I still remember the day in fourth grade when my teacher read out each question and then put up on the screen who got it right and who got it wrong. Several times prior she had skipped a question only one person had missed in order to not embarrass them. On the very last question, which only one person had missed, she shared the name, and it was mine. I remember sitting there in so much shame and rage as all of my classmates and my teacher made fun of me. That day when I went home on the bus I told my mom, she told me it was a life lesson. That for us, being good enough meant having to be better. I cried every single time I had to go to math class for the rest of that year. Despite my mixed-up identities, I’ve never been confused about that lesson.

I’ve known who I was since I was two years old and told my mom I wanted to be a songwriter. But being the only black student in all white honors classes often serves as a confounding factor to those

around you. My very presence challenged a preconceived notion of an honors student, and I ended up lost in a sea of questions I never needed to ask before.

We are always surrounded by labels. In every business, in every school, every person or item comes with a label. In our classrooms, every test you take determines how you are viewed, and when it comes to black students you must engage in active combat against the stereotypes you face in order to be perceived as an individual as opposed to the representative of your entire race.

Every black honors student faces the same dilemma. Assimilate or isolate. Me being both me A and me B chose to do neither, and both. Depending on the day of the week. This did not end well.

I’ve come to realize that people seem to think the halves of who I am could never coexist. Like I had to pick a side and deny myself to myself.

Being mixed up is a tug of war, except contrary to popular belief, you’re the rope. This summer I gained a purpose. I found that because I can never “pick a side” I see both pretty well. I was able to create poetry that bridges the gap between the worlds I exist in. whether that’s explaining why

black women object to this year as being considered a centennial of the women’s right to vote, or its bridging the gap between the publics’ understanding of what it means to defund the police, and the understanding held by actual police officers, which are rather unsurprisingly completely different understandings.

I think in poetry. Which, like most art, is feeling in translation. my intrusive thoughts play like refrains.

Words In my head jive and wop and come down like rain. It’s the chaos of a symphony with my own notes in my brain. And that’s hard to explain but this tug of war inside of me is more the viola and a bass. They are unalike but create harmony, filling the space inside my skull. Behind my eyes, I am constantly creating bridges between galaxies.

Black Lives Matter taught me that to say being mixed up makes me broken is a fallacy. The thing about dichotomies is they are separate parts of the same whole. And I like to think all people are bits of the same soul. I have learned that bringing them together is my mission, my goal. And if what it takes to make a difference is being made of contradictions, I will gladly pay that toll.

BY ALOR A YOUNG

When you hear the words “for a black girl” you probably think of nothing at all… because unless you live the violence that is suffering in silence nothing wrong with those words crosses your mind because you can’t see the boys who ruined my birthday by making monkey noises at us to chase me out of their town I only ran the half mile back to my house Their town was my town but their curl pattern don’t cast no doubts you can’t see the hot combs that rip away my ancestry to make me the most European I can be.

Because all I’ll ever be to you, is a black girl.

You think of black excellence I see black oppression you say I’m angry I say sitting silent is a black girl’s first lesson you say everything I do is good “for a black girl” because you don’t like that I’m smarter than you.

My people go to Harvard you scream of affirmative action we gotta be billionaires to gain white traction and I work my fingers to the bone on stubs of pencils to say any word that I don’t want crowded out by my melanin.

and once my pigment is tied to my paper my first place becomes second because I’m only good for a black girl.

My momma was silver in every beauty pageant because they refused to give gold to someone with more color in their skin than hatred in their heart.

And I lay out before you like the corpses of my ancestors the comebacks to all the comments I let slide, my skin is not made of caramel and no you cannot lick me I’m not the monkey if you’re the one screeching like an ape and telling me not to worry if slavery comes back because your family will buy me gives me no comfort at all jackass It gives me f lashbacks to black past My ancestors’ only allies were mules They said we were genetically fools The fact that even the fiction of that works out in your mind shows you have no problem viewing me as property.

The fact that you think putting me in chains is kind, shows me that you can’t see my humanity.

The fact that 40% of sex trafficking survivors are black is a statistic you’ve never heard shows that society doesn’t think my body belongs to me.

I’m pretty for a black girl And just because my soul isn’t cased in alabaster skin you think you have the right

to take it for your own.

I’m pretty for a black girl because black girls have black kids and white momma’s don’t see grandbabies in niggers I’m pretty for a black girl because your internalized racism let’s you feel less bad when we’re on the wrong end of triggers Gun metal grey and dark days don’t make change Bodies hang in loops and gang bangs the fruits strange Everyday we wade through the KKK’s meadow and we know it never stops so we wait for dust to settle We breathe rhythm and poetry and they still say its ghetto All my people have hypoxia from holding their breath and waiting for the bullets to f ly Our bodies lie in basements on the daily but no news papers plaster if it’s a black girl baby.

Black kids don’t get Amber alerts because nobody cares if it’s Latoya or Chiffon.

You think of nothing when you say the phrase for a black girl because you don’t see the crazy going on You call me black girl into my thirties because you don’t think I’ll live long enough to be a woman you take your ignorance to the streets because you don’t see the storm that’s coming I’m beautiful for any girl and that’s never gonna change until the day you finally get me back where you want me, in chains.

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GIRLS WRITE TEEN TAKEOVER

An interview with Metro Councilwoman Sandra Sepulveda

Entrevista a la concejal de Metro Sandra Sepúlveda

B Y S H E R LY N S E R R A N O

P O R S H E R LY N S E R R A N O

I’m Sherlyn Serrano. I’m from Mexico, and I’m a 15-year-old ninth grade high school student. I interviewed Metro Councilwoman Sandra Sepulveda about a common topic that I worry few people find important: women’s rights.

What do you think about women’s rights?

Sepulveda: I think we have advanced a lot as women since many years go. We’ve gained many rights and privileges that our grandmothers and mothers didn’t have. However, there is still much to do. There are still women who are not treated equally to men.

What do you think could happen to help women that are hesitant to speak up?

Sepulveda: The first thing is to fight for your rights and assure ourselves that they listen to us. That is a good way if we go and vote for people that aren’t going to make laws against the rights of women. It would also help to say what we see so they hear us. We won’t stay quiet. You have to help women who don’t want to raise their voices.

Would you plan a protest to support women’s rights?

Sepulveda: Yes, for the Women’s March after [President Donald] Trump was elected, we had a march and many women, men and children came out to help women with the walkout, supporting [us] to have something better. That march is done every year.

What do you think about men who abuse their wives and quiet them with punches?

Sepulveda: This is never good. We know that there are still many problems like this, especially now with this lockdown. More people are staying home, and so it’s a problem. And the danger of the women that are abused and mistreated by their partners has increased the number of victims. We need a place that they can escape and feel safe and not run any risk.

Do you think it’s just that chauvinistic men don’t allow women to work?

Sepulveda: In past generations, you saw this a lot. They said that women couldn’t work because they weren’t equal to men. But we have advanced a lot, and now you don’t see as much of this chauvinism as in the past. But, even now, cases continue that in some companies they don’t accept women.

What do you think about the idea that women are created better than men and don’t want their help?

Sepulveda: There are different ideologies, but many times we can’t do things by ourselves and we need men to participate and say that it’s bad so that we can see a change. No one can do anything by him or herself and we see that in different areas. Black people want us, also, to help them with their cause so that they can be stronger in numbers. We Hispanic women want men of other cultures also to participate when we say that something is bad. So, there are different types of people, but I think that it’s true when my dad says: “If we unite, we’re going to do more and they’re not going to be able to oppose us.”

A day in the life of a teen living through a pandemic

BY M A RY WAT SO N A lot of people have been talking about online school and how it affects the administration and teachers, but they rarely ask how we feel as students. The only time they ask for our feedback is when they give us some random survey to fill out. The surveys never ask specific questions about the issues that affect us.

So, to give people a specific idea of what it’s like to be a high school student trying to have a normal school experience in the middle of a pandemic I’ll tell you about my daily school life and how I honestly feel

about remote learning and online school and not having a face to face up learning and personal social life.

Mondays are the hardest. First of all, they are hard because it’s the first day of school after the weekend.

Although my weekends look very different now because of the stay at home order and places I like to go being closed, they still are the weekend and I use them to sleep from school, socialize with my friends online, attend an occasional socially distanced event and do homework. But Monday is also hard because of my school

Soy de Mexico tengo 15 años y voy a 9th grade en la high school elementary y hoy les vengo a hablar sobre un tema común pero que casi nadie le da importancia y es el derecho de la mujer. Yo entrevista a Sandra Sepulveda para saber que es lo que ella opina sobre el derecho de la mujer. ¿Qué opinas sobre el derecho de las mujeres?

Sra Sepulveda: Creo que hemos avanzado mucho como mujeres desde ya muchos años hemos tenido derechos y privilegios que nuestras abuelas y madres no teman pero todavía hay mucho que hacer todavía hay mujeres que no son tratadas igual que al hombre. ¿Qué crees que se puede hacer para ayudar a las mujeres que no se animan a alzar su voz?

Sra Sepulveda: La primera cosa es pelear por sus derechos y asegurarnos que nos escuchen. Esa es una buena manera si nosotros salimos a votar por personas que no vayan a poner leyes contra el derecho de la mujer. También ayudaría decir lo que vemos a escuchamos.

No nos quedemos calladas hay que ayudar a las mujeres que no se animan a alzar la voz. ¿Crearías alguna protesta para deciu los derechos de las mujeres?

Sra Sepulveda: Si, en The Women’s March después de que fue elegido Trump para presidente tuvimos una marcha y salieron muchas mujeres, hombres y niños para ayudar con la huelga apoyando para tener algo mejor, esa marcha se hace cada año. ¿Qué opinas sobre que el hombre abuse de

schedule. I have to go on zoom till 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. but I do get a break from zoom at 10:55 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. during my break I’m doing class work, notes, studying or sometimes taking a short nap. Also, the zooms may last longer if the teacher has to explain the work for students and answer questions.

The rest of the week is easier because I only have two Zooms to go each day. But I have to do all my class work for each class and turn in by that day. A lot of the time I’m busy at home to get it done throughout the week.

Before the pandemic I always wanted to be homeschooled, but I pictured it differently than it is now. I imagined going to the library or Starbucks and other places to study. Not doing everything from home. The remote learning and online school I am

la mujer y la calle a golpes?

Sra Sepulveda: Eso nunca está bien. Sabemos que todavía hay muchos problemas asi especialmente ahora con este encierra mas personas se quedan en casa y entonces hay es el problema y el peligro de las mujeres que son abusadas y maltratadas por sus parejas y a aumentado el número de víctimas. Necesitamos un lugar al que ellas puedan acudir y sentirse seguras y no corran ningún riesgo. ¿Crees que es justo que no dejen trabajar a las mujeres solo por hombres machistas?

Sra Sepulveda: En las generaciones pasadas se miraba mucho eso. Les decían que las mujeres no podían trabajar por no ser iguales que los hombres. Pero emos avanzada mucho y ya no se ve tanto el machismo como antes, pero aun asi siguen babiendo casos que en algunas empresas no aceptan a las mujeres. ¿Qué opinas sobre que las mujeres se crean mejor que un hombre y no quiere su ayuda?

Sra Sepulveda: Hay diferentes ideologies pero muchas veces no podemos solos y necesitamos que el hombre participe y digan que está mal para que se vea un cambio. Nadie puede hacer nada solo y eso se ve en diferentes áreas. Los afroamericanas quieren que nosotros también ayudemos a su causa para que haigan más en su número. Los hispanas queremos que hombres de otras culturas también participen cuando nosotras decimos que algo esta mal.

Entonces hay diferentes personas pero creo que es verdad cuando mi papá dijo, “si nosotras nos unimos vamos hacer más y ellos no van a poder contra nosotros.”

doing now is a challenge. I honestly feel stressed and tired from school.

Me and my friends have discussed how school is stressing us out.

Much of the time I’m more worried about completing my assignments and turning my work in on time, than actually sitting down and learning my subjects. I also don’t like that one of my teachers makes it were if we turn something in late points get taken off. I get that the teacher wants us to turn in the work but doing things like this will only make students stress about due dates. Like I said before students are more worried about turning in work on time than learning the material.

Another thing about remote learning that is especially difficult for some students is having to deal with their personal mental health

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issues on their own and from home.

It is particularly difficult for students who don’t live in a good home environment. Staying at home all the time complicates matters and makes it especially hard for students who suffer from food insecurity, a lack of internet service and in worst cases emotional and or physical deprivation and abuse.

I don’t want to sound like there is no hope or solution for these problems. What I would like to see is a task force or committee made up of students research the pros and cons of remote learning and have them make a presentation the next time adults meet to decide what is the best plan of action regarding remote learning student population.

Mary Watson is a high school student in Nashville.

GIRLS WRITE TEEN TAKEOVER

How domestic violence affects women and families

Cómo la violencia doméstica afecta a las mujeres y sus familias

BY REGINA CIPRIAN

POR REGINA CIPRIAN

I’m very interested in women’s rights, particularly as they relate to domestic violence. This topic caught my attention, because I have seen many cases between my neighbors and relatives.

Sometimes it’s difficult to accept the idea that domestic violence exists, but that is the reality. Therefore, I want women to know what domestic violence is, so that they can confront it.

Domestic violence is when your partner insults you or verbally uses you or hits you or your children. Additionally, violence against women can happen in the workplace. Your boss can demean you, insult you or make you feel useless. That shouldn’t happen to women, because we do have much value and we certainly are worth as much as men.

Women, let’s raise our hands and say: “No to domestic violence and mistreatment.”

I interviewed Bianca Ho with the with the Sexual Assault Center and Laura Lara with the YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee to gain more perspective about about how domestic violence affects women and families.

What do you think women who have suffered from domestic violence say about the problems that they face?

Ho: When a woman reports her abuse, I think that that can be difficult to talk about.

In that moment, they need support and to know that they’re not alone. Let them know that I believe what they’re telling me.

Lara: Some of the things that pass through my mind are finding the best way to provide my support. Every person is different in processing the abuse they’ve suffered. I try to mirror the way of the person. There are people that can express themselves, and I only listen. I let them know that they’re not alone and offer my support. Or other people find it difficult to express themselves and it takes them more time to process. I respect that, and I wait until the person is ready, and I offer my support.

How can you help women to leave the problem of domestic violence?

Ho: I can help them with education about domestic violence, about what their rights are and the different agencies that can help.

Lara: I help them with case management. This consists of providing resources, depending on the needs of each person. We have resources for people that need shelter, referrals to obtain orders of protection, support during court hearings, referrals for mental and physical health, support groups, education about domestic violence, referrals for legal help: protection orders, divorce,

custody, immigration, etc.; help with applying for documents like: ID, driver’s license, birth certificates or social security cards; resources for childcare, food, SNAP (food stamps). I also am certified to help people apply for the Safe at Home program, a program that helps people who are suffering from domestic abuse and other crimes to keep their location private.

What is the most serious situation that can happen to a woman? And what advice would you give her?

Ho: The most serious situation for a woman is when she leaves a violent domestic relationship. I would tell her to find help with a safety plan from the agencies in the community that specialize in domestic violence. After, when she’s ready, start therapy. The pain that is done is more than physical. It’s also psychological.

Lara: The most serious situation is when the woman leaves and decides to end the relationship. I would advise that, before leaving the relationship, be prepared, make a safety plan and have some resources in mind to leave. There are cases when a person doesn’t have access to pursue those resources but can ask for help from someone close: friends and neighbors.

I would also advise that the person have the app SMART 911 and have all of their emergency data in the app. It will help a lot when an incident (especially if she’s thinking about leaving the relationship) and can’t communicate with police (911).

Question: How can you help so many women at the same time?

Ho: I help victims of domestic violence, because the Hispanic/Latinx community is very important to me. Something else that has helped me is self-care. It’s important to take care of yourself to be able to continue to help others.

Lara: The number of people that I help is very small compared to so many women who need help in the Tennessee community. Tennessee is in fifth place in the nation for having more violence against women.

I see my clients leave lives of such abuse and help them in the process of healing.

It motivates me to keep helping those who need it. But self-care is also crucial. You need to be OK, in all ways, to help in a profession where you see so much abuse.

Self-care includes having limits with my clients, not bringing work home and taking care of myself physically and psychologically, doing activities that bring me joy and entertain me, and relaxing.

Regina is a 16-year-old student who recently arrived from Guatemala. She’s learning English at a high school in Nashville.

Saludos, mi nombre es Regina y soy de Guatemala. Llegue recientemente y estoy estudiando el ingles en High School. Me interesa mucho los derechos de las mujeres como se relata a la violencia domestica. Me llama la atencion porque he visto muchos casos, por ejemplo entre los vecinos e incluso familiares. A veces es dificil aceptar la idea que existe, pero esa es la realidad.

Por eso quiero hacerles saber a las mujeres cual es la violencia domestica y que pueden hacer para enfrentarla.

La violencia domestica es cuando tu paraja te insulta, diciendo que no sirves para nada o pegandote a incluso no solo a ti, sino tambien a tus hijos.

Adicionalmente, “violencia” contra mujeres puede pasar en tu trabajo. Tu jefe te agrede, insulta, o te hace sentir que eres inutil. Eso no hubiera pasado a las mujeres porque nosotras valemos mucho y seguramente valemos igual que los hombres.

Mujeres levantemos la mano y digamos, “NO a la violencia domestica y al maltrato.” ?En que piensa usted cuando las mujeres que han sufrido de violencia domestica le dicen de los problemas que ellas estan pasando?

Ho: Cuando una mujer revela su abuso, creo que esto debe ser muy difícil de hablar.

En ese momento, necesitan apoyo y saber que no están solos. Les hago saber que creo lo que me están diciendo.

Lara: Algunas de las cosas que pasan por mi mente es encontrar la mejor manera de brindar mi apoyo. Cada persona es diferente al procesar el abuso que han sufrido.

Yo trato de acoplarme a la forma de la persona. Hay personas que puedes expresarse, yo solo escucho, les dejo saber que no están solas y ofrezco mi apoyo. O aquellas personas que les cuesta expresarse y les toma más tiempo para procesar, respeto y espero esta que la persona esta lista y ofreco mi apoyo.

En que les puede ayudar a las mujeres para salir del problema de violencia domestica?

Ho: Yo les puedo ayudar con educación sobre la violencia doméstica, sobre cuáles son sus derechos y la diferente agencias que pueden ayudar.

Lara: Yo ayudo con administración de casos. Esto consiste en brindarles recursos dependiendo de las necesidades de cada persona. Tenemos recurso para las personas que necesitan vivienda, referencias para obtener órdenes de protección (OP), apoyo durante cortes de OP, referencias para salud mental y física, grupos de apoyo, educación sobre violencia doméstica, referencias para ayuda legal: OP, divorcios, custodia, inmigración, ect; ayuda con solicitar documentos como: ID, licencia de conducir, certificados

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de nacimiento, o cartica de numero de social; recursos para cuidado de niños, comida, SNAP (food stamps). También soy certificada para asistir a las personas aplicar para el programa de Safe at Home. Un programa que ayudar a las personas, que sufren de abuso doméstico y otros crímenes, a mantener su locación privado. ?Cual es la situacion mas grave que puede pasar una mujer? Y que consejo le diera a ella?

Ho: La situación más grave para una mujer es cuando se va de la relación de violencia doméstica. Yo le diría que busque ayuda con un plan seguridad con las agencias en la comunidad que se especializan en violencia doméstica. Después cuando ella esta lista, empezar terapia. El daño que le hicieron es más que psico, también es psicológico.

Lara: La situación más grave es cuando la mujer se va y decide terminar la relación. Yo le aconsejaría que antes de salir la relación es estar prepara, crear un plan de seguridad y tener algunos recursos en mente antes de partir. Hay casos donde la persona no tiene el acceso a conseguir recursos, pero puede pedir ayuda a alguien cercano: amistades y vecinos. También aconsejaría que la persona tenga la aplicación de SMART 911, y tener todos sus datos para emergencia en la aplicación.

Ayudará mucho cuando haya un incidente (especialmente si piensa dejar la relación) y no puede comunicase con la policía (911). ?Como puede usted ayudar a tanta mujeres en al mismo tiempo?

Ho: Yo ayudo a las víctimas de violencia domestica porque me importante mucho a la comunidad Hispana/Latinx. Algo más que me ha ayudado es el cuidado de sí mismo. Es importante cuidarse a sí mismo para poder seguir ayudando a los demás.

Lara: El numero de personas a las que ayudo es muy mínimo a comparación de tantas mujeres que necesitan ayuda en la comunidad de TN. TN ocupa el quinto lugar de la nación en tener más violencia contra la mujer. Ver a mis clientas salir vivas de tal abuso y apoyarlas en el proceso de sanación me motiva a seguir ayudando aquellas(o) que lo necesiten. Pero también es crucial el cuidado de sí mismo. Un tiene que estar bien, en todos lo sentidos, para ayudar en una profesional donde se ve mucho abuso.

El cuidado a misma incluye tener límites con mis clientas, no llevarme cosas del trabajo a casa, cuidarme físicamente y psicológicamente, hacer actividades que me gusten y diviertan, y descansar.

Regina es una estudiante de 16 años recién llegada de Guatemala. Está aprendiendo inglés en una escuela secundaria en Nashville.

GIRLS WRITE TEEN TAKEOVER

GIRLS WRITE P L AY L I S T SHERLYN SERRANO Lewis Capaldi — “Someone You Loved” Andy Rivera — “Te Pintaron Pajaritos” ft. Yandar & Yostin LEE MILLÁN Michael Sembello — “Maniac” MARY WATSON Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 (“Pastoral”): II

My favorite watches from quarantine

BY LEE MILL AN So, we’ve been in quarantine for around six or seven months now, and if you’re anything like me and my family you’ve gotten the chance to watch more shows and movies that you ever thought possible.

I saw a lot of bad stuff this summer, a lot, but I’ve also seen some great stuff.

Lucky for you, I made a numbered list of the best shows and movies I’ve viewed this summer, some of which might just get you through the fall.

‘The Silence of the Lambs’ FBI trainee Clarice Starling is enlisted by Jack Crawford to interview serial killer Hannibal Lecter, otherwise known as “Hannibal the Cannibal” regarding a case he may have some insight into.

Insight Crawford believes Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be able to draw out.

This is the perfect film for this season when it gets dark early. Chances are, you’ve already seen this movie, but chances are you’ve already seen Home Alone and chances are you see it every December. This movie is thrilling, interesting and genuinely spooky. It will leave you wanting more and the best part is, there is more. Though a fantastic stand alone film, The Silence of the Lambs is the first in The Hannibal Lecter Series, which contains three movies and one prequel. That’s enough movie for a whole two days! If you’re looking for a thrilling mystery, then I recommend The Silence of the Lambs.

The Marvel Movies Ah, yes, the Marvel movies. Or more specifically the movies that belong to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the shared universe that the majority of Marvel films

take place in. Now, if you’re not familiar with what these movies are, they are superhero movies based off of the Marvel comics, which are, well, superhero comics.

I don’t know what it is, but sometimes I just don’t want to watch a television show. Sometimes I’m in the mood for a movie. The Marvel movies are perfect for that. For the past few months me and my family have been watching them every few nights or so, and I have to say, it’s been a really enjoyable experience. It’s nice how they tie together but also stand alone, or at least, some of them can stand alone.

Plus, most of them are enjoyable, always a bonus. It’s like a television show with 22 episodes and every episode is two hours long. If you’re interested in starting a long series of movies then I would recommend the Marvel movies.

‘The Birdcage’ When their son becomes engaged, Armand Goldman and his partner Albert decide to hide their relationship from their future daughter-in-law’s father, republican senator Kevin Keely, as well as his wife.

This is one of my favorite movies to watch when I don’t know what to watch.

A lot of people have seen this movie, but a lot of people, especially kids my age, haven’t, and they’re really missing out.

It’s hysterically funny but the plot’s not an uncomfortable vessel for the comedy.

It has a lot of great performances paired with fun characters. One of my favorite things about it is that it’s just easy. It doesn’t require a lot of brain power, it’s just a good time. If you’re looking for a good, funny movie then I recommend The Birdcage.

‘Baskets’ Chip Baskets dreams to master the art of clowning, but after flunking out of French Clown College he is forced to return to Bakersfield, California. Back in Bakersfield he continues to pursue professional clowning working as a rodeo clown while seeking approval from his family and uninterested French wife.

A good amount of people I talk to have not seen this show which I think is a travesty and unacceptable, but more than anything I find it surprising. It took me a few episodes to get behind this show, but oh boy am I behind it now. There’s just so much to love. Zach Galifianakis plays Chip and Chip’s twin brother Dale; Louie Anderson plays their mother, Christine, and it’s great. I would take a bullet for Christine Baskets, no joke. If you’re looking for a new television show to binge I recommend Baskets.

‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ When Miriam Maisel’s idyllic life is turned upside down she finds herself stumbling into the world of stand-up comedy.

Short summary, I know, but you wouldn’t believe how long it took me to write that sentence. This is a great show, I think. It’s a nice show to default to when you, well, need a default. Not to mention there’s three seasons out, which is always nice. This show is funny and interesting, but it’s also extremely nice to look at. Nice to look at in the way of costumes, locations, lighting, etc. but also the way it’s shot. You may have heard some mention of how they use a lot of long shots. It’s really cool. If you’re looking for a television series to start bingeing then I would recommend The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

Lee Millan is a high school in Nashville.

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SUZANNE DIAZ, METRO SCHOOLS Simon & Garfunkel — “Bridge Over Troubled Water’ AMANDA HAGGARD Carole King — “Beautiful” ALORA YOUNG J. Cole — “Change” Rhiannon Giddens — “Don’t Call Me Names” JEN STARSINIC, GIRLS WRITE NASHVILLE Phoenix — “If I Ever Feel Better” “CREEK” — Hiroshi Yoshimura RELEASES FROM GIRLS WRITE MENTORS Kyshona Armstrong — “Listen” Becky Warren — “Me and These Jeans” GIRLS WRITE CLASS CHOICES Clairo — “Sofia” by David Bowie — “Golden Days” Paramour — “All I Wanted” I Don’t Know How But They Found Me — “Choke” SANDRA SEPULVEDA Prince — “Kiss” by Prince BTW — “Blood Sweat and Tears” Chavela — “La llorona”

MOVING PICTURES

Freedom of Movememt WERNER HERZOG’S NEW DOCUMENTARY ILLUMINATES THE WORK OF AN ARTIST AND THE LIFE OF A FRIEND

BY JOE NOLAN, FILM CRITIC German filmmaker Werner Herzog and English novelist, journalist and travel writer Bruce Chatwin had a lot in common.

Both men were badly bitten by the travel bug: they shared a love of storytelling and a fascination with primitive – even ancient – cultures; they both imbued the practice of traveling by foot with a mystical, visionary and healing power; and they bonded as brothersin-art as their paths crossed through the 1970s and 80s before Chatwin’s untimely death in 1989. Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin is Herzog’s new documentary film which retraces Chatwin’s travels – and the filmmaker’s own – in an effort to bring Chatwin back to life for contemporary audiences. These visionar y vagabonds each criss-crossed the globe hunting down their various tales, often trodding the same beaches, mountains, jungles and city streets on their quests. Nomad is a film about movement, discovery, spontaneous joy, unexpected loss, and the exhilarating bond between two remarkable artists.

Nomad has direct connections to at least three of Herzog’s previous films: Herzog’s last film with actor Klaus Kinski was 1987’s Cobra Verde. That film was based on Chatwin’s novel, The Viceroy

of Ouidah (1980). My Best Fiend (1999), like Nomad, is also part travelogue, part memorial, with friends, family and colleagues speaking with Herzog, recalling Kinski’s life and work. My Best Fiend reads like a bittersweet love letter from Herzog to his menacing muse – Kinski was a volcanic talent and an insufferable troublemaker. Nomad is a more mysterious affair with Herzog piecing his portrait of Chatwin together one piece at a time in a book-like film that’s divided into individual chapters which each reveal novel aspects of Chatwin’s complex personality.

Scream of Stone (1991) is a narrative feature about a team of mountain climbers ascending a summit. One of the climbers carries a chocolate brown leather rucksack through the alpine adventure. The prop is the actual rucksack that Chatwin gave to Herzog before he died from AIDS in the midst of the disease’s epidemic emergence in the 1980s. Chatwin hoped he and Herzog could take another journey together, but given the wasted condition of Chatwin’s spindle-thin legs, the pair agreed that Herzog would have to carry the bag.

Nomad doesn’t feel particularly unique in Herzog’s filmography, but it’s certainly a welcome entry. Herzog captures natural vistas, historic

ruins, and contemporary interiors in collaboration with DPs Louis Caulfield and Mike Paterson. The pair lenses wind through trees and dancing across a glassy still surf to mesmerizing effect. Addin Herzog’s always compelling narration and Ernst Reijseger’s ethereal scoring, and Nomad finds Herzog at his still-masterful best as arguably the most poetic director in contemporary cinema.

Nomad is also a particularly arresting story for 2020.

During a year when the globe has been shutdown in ways

many of us never imagined, Herzog’s film gives us a story that reminds viewers that movement across the land, across the water, across borders is an intrinsic part of human life. For Herzog and Chatwin freedom of movement is as central to creative expression as their cameras and notebooks. Nomad also reminds us that the adventures we find on our journeys are made more vivid when they’re ref lected in the eyes of those we share those adventures with. Herzog notes that in his last days Chatwin was reduced to a skel-

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eton with two eyeballs. He cuts to silent footage of the author’s last interview, his cheekbones straining against taut skin, his eyes wide open and still searching.

Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin is currently available on VOD and streaming platforms

Joe Nolan is a critic, columnist and performing singer/songwriter based in East Nashville. Find out more about his projects at www.joenolan.com.

VENDOR WRITING

LOOKING FOR A CAREER CHANGE

BY VANE S SA I., CONTRIBUTOR VENDOR I have worked at a lot of places, taking care of the elderly in nursing homes and the hospital. I’ve also worked with the metro school board in dietary. I did work for The Tennessean distributing papers.

I’m disabled. I’ve always had a job all my life, until I got sick. I had stopped breathing and almost died. For some years, I was sick.

I recovered in a nursing home up in Indiana and I came back to Nashville hoping to restart and to find me another place to live in hopes of having a career change. I’ve been online looking for jobs for handicap people. I just recently lost my phone so people don’t have a way to contact me. I was planning on getting back into school also. I had three options: business, communications and psychology. I had some schools reaching out for me.

It’s just been rough. I can’t live on the income that I have. When I was a CNT I didn’t meet my social security points because I lacked clocking in and clocking out. I

GOOD TIMES WITH THE CATS

BY JAMIE W., CONTRIBUTOR VENDOR

kinda gave away work. I’m just trying to make it, make a difference and change.

I’m looking to get into business, my own or an entry position.

I’m very educated in science and math. I went to junior college but I didn’t finish because I failed two courses because of my ADD. It was an accounting degree.

I want people to know that I’m a hard worker. I’m a dependable person. I work and strive hard. I like analyzing problems and making decisions. I want to develop to leadership.

The Contributor gives me a way of keeping myself moving and not just sitting at home, breaking down, and giving up. A lot of people don’t understand, everybody is not out there for the same reasons.

Sometimes I cry because I don’t want to be out there. It’s just something to get by and to help support me and keep going, because I have a daughter. I have a daughter that I have to think of.

I have decided to keep going.

Well Pressley and Lucy are the oldest but they are sweet and good cats. Our new additions are Riley and Emma. They are seven months old. Lucy and Pressley are showing Riley and Emma the ropes and everything they need to know. These cats are my babies. Riley and Emma were stray cats but they all fit in. They love to run up and down the hallway. Lucy will be two on December 16, Pressley will be four on April 6, and Riley and

Emma will be one on March 15.

They love their treats and toys. They love everything. Riley is a white calico and Emma is a tortoise shell, Pressley is a tuxedo cat. They are good cars and they are my babies. They are good babies. Lucy loves catnip. Pressley loves anything dangly and Riley and Emma will play with anything. They love everything and anything. Lucy and Riley like laser lights, they are good cats.

FELONS SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO VOTE

BY PAUL A., CONTRIBUTOR VENDOR Tennessee should go with a law similar to what Florida’s got to allow felons to vote. Yes, felons should pay their restitution before they are allowed to vote.

Then they can register. I agree with that. I think I only owe like $150. It might be a little bit more than that.

I have never been notified of what my status is.

You need to know what your status is and where you stand, and see what you owe after you did your probation or parole. You need to know where you stand so you should be able to register to vote.

It’s been a challenge for me to do the paperwork because of my vision. I have to have someone fill out the paperwork for me. I have to depend on people.

I shouldn’t have to depend on people. The judge or probation office or parole officer should be able to help you fill out the paperwork and clear it if you have any form of a disability. They should be aware of it and suggest what to do.

I think felons should register, I think they should be asked to register. This would help them get their lives straightened back out. But if you’ve been paroled on a murder charge, I don’t think you should have a right to vote.

I’d like to start a campaign to get this added as a referendum on the midterm elections, which would be in two years.

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FUN

HOBOSCOPES SCORPIO

Suppose you found a lamp, Scorpio. And suppose a genie popped out of it and offered you three wishes. (We’ll follow the standard rules here: no wishing for more wishes or more genies or maps to the locations of more lamps, etc.). You might wish for safety or wealth or love or power. I’d probably go for a couple of those. But imagine yourself 10 years down the line. Long after the wishes were wished. After the excitement wore off. After the money got boring. What would you wish for then?

What can you do to move toward that thing right now?

SAGITTA R IUS

Right about the time I finished getting my face all soapy, the shower went suddenly cold. I took a quick step back and nearly slipped but I knew what I had to do. I couldn’t very well keep my soapy eyes squeezed shut all day. Cold water or not, I had to go back in. You might find that the job isn’t done yet, Sagittarius.

You might find that the last part is pretty uncomfortable. But you’ve got to get the last part done.

CAPRICORN

Trust is a tricky business, Capricorn.

On the one hand, trust has to be built over time. On the other hand, I just drove through a Taco Bell that I’d never been to and somebody I’d never met handed me a bag of bean burritos that I’m going to devour without a second thought. What I’m saying, Capricorn, is that you can only get so far by interrogating every interaction. Eventually you get to decide to trust the systems that you’ve seen work in the past, even if you do it with caution. (Also, I definitely ordered these with no onions. Why do they always have onions?)

AQUA RIUS

I swear they play the same commercials in every break, Aquarius. Like, I keep seeing that one where they show the phone from all the different angles and there are all the bright, disorienting colors, and the singer is singing something like “That’s how we get staaaarted!” or maybe it’s “That’s why we’re all staaaaars now!” I can’t really tell but it’s been stuck in my head all afternoon. Repetition works, Aquarius. The things you repeat are the things that stay with you, so make sure they’re the things you want to keep. You can staaaaart today.

PISCES

After a mostly cold shower this morning, I thought I’d better check on my water heater. Which, of course, means going into THE BASEMENT! I’d rather not think about the basement. It’s where I put the things I want to forget. There’s old stuffed animals and my 7th grade science project and a Tae Kwon Do participation trophy and an unfinished fan letter to Alf. It’s all the stuff I’d rather just put away and not deal with. But I’ve got to go down there. What are you ignoring, Pisces? You might want to deal with the contents of your basement while the water heater is still intact.

ARIES

Is everything ok now, Aries? When will we know if everything is ok, like, for sure? I mean, the thing I was most worried about didn’t happen, but now I’m more worried about the thing I was the second-most worried about and I’m afraid that if that doesn’t happen, I’m just going to move on to the thing that I’m the third-most worried about. You know what I mean? So, if I’m never going to run out of things to worry about, I might need to learn to accept the way things are in the present moment as I work to make the future more ok. Does that sound ok?

TAURUS

I get it, Taurus, change is scary. I mean, my recycling pickup day just changed from the 2nd Tuesday of the month to the 1st Monday of the month and I know that this is going to take some serious getting used to. I’ll probably even forget a few times. But when it’s all said and done, wouldn’t we all really rather put our recycling out on Sunday nights anyway?

Change comes regardless. We can fight it or we can roll ahead, borne back ceaselessly onto the curb.

CANCER

Sure, Sean Connery will be best remembered as the ultimate James Bond. But I never really got into all that slick superspy stuff. To me, Connery will always be Soviet submarine commander Marko Ramius from The Hunt For Red October. That guy had integrity. That guy cared about his crew. He was willing to take risks. He was ready to go down with the ship if it would save lives.

This week, Cancer, try to be a little less James Bond and a little more Marko Ramius.

LEO

Have you seen Metropolis, Leo? It’s this silent sci-fi movie from 1927 about a super-advanced city of the future where the wealthy live in skyscrapers and have their every need met by technology while the poor work far beneath them, endlessly laboring just to keep the economy afloat. Pretty unrealistic. The hero of Metropolis is Freder, a rich young man who discovers the plight of the workers below the city. He immediately realizes the system has to change and he’s willing to give up his position to change it. Have you made any new realizations lately about the way the world works, Leo? What are you willing to sacrifice to make a difference?

VIRGO

So my landlord replaced my leaky water heater and I got my basement pretty much clean. At least as clean as I could in one afternoon. And now things can go back to normal, I guess. But is normal really good enough? If it’s still so easy to just throw things we don’t want to deal with into the basement, how are we gonna keep from making a mess out of everything again, Virgo? It’s too easy to wait till there’s an emergency before we deal with things.

What are you going to do this week to make sure it never gets this bad again?

GEMINI

What a day, Gemini. My water heater broke and flooded my basement and my landlord won’t be here for an hour and there’s nothing for me to do but start bringing up all these soaking wet cardboard boxes of disorganized junk and see what can be saved. Not what I was expecting to do today. But sometimes it takes a disaster to make us get the work done. I know, it’s overwhelming, but sometimes all you can do is empty out another one, assess the damage and move forward.

LIBRA

This time of year there’s nothing I love more than a good thick slice of pumpkin pie. It’s my absolute favorite!

I could never turn down a fresh slice of homemade...wait, where’s the whipped cream? You didn’t get whipped cream? Oh. Nevermind. No pie for me, thanks. I guess sometimes we don’t fully appreciate the things we love until we see what life is like without them.

Mr. Mysterio is not a licensed astrologer, a trained statistician, or a registered crab. Mr. Mysterio is, however, a budding intermediate podcaster! Check out The Mr. Mysterio Podcast. Season 2 is now playing at mrmysterio.com. Got a question, just give Mr. M a call at 707-VHS-TAN1

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VENDOR WRITING

Change

BY NORMA B., CONTRIBUTOR VENDOR When I’m out selling The Contributor, there’s always people who say things like, “All I have is a little bit of change, sorry.” My reply? “Don’t be sorry.

Haven’t you heard? Every little bit helps!”

Recently when I was asked if I take coins, I said, “Of course I do!” They explained that some of my fellow vendors have said they only accept bills. I said, “Well the last time I checked, change makes dollars!”

Now I’ll admit that change can be cumbersome to deal with and there have been times when I got a crick in my neck from the weight of all that change. I mean, it is a lot heavier than bills, and honestly I love a good tip as much as anyone, but I keep thinking about what the majority of those with the change say when they stop: “This is ALL I have right now.”

Wow! What an honor! This is ALL they have on them and they shared it with me!

It also reminds me of an account in the Bible about the widow’s mite. Jesus watched as people were dropping money into the offering box at the

Being Homeless

BY K ATHY S., CONTRIBUTOR VENDOR

THEME: CI V ICS 101 ACROSS 1. Beginning of flu, e.g.

6. Espionage agent 9. *Warsaw Pact opponent 13. Ringworm 14. Romanian monetary unit 15. Well-known 16. Contain the ashes 17. Paris’ ____ De Triomphe 18. Wear away 19. *Group of President’s advisors 21. *Balance partner, pl.

23. Ever, to a poet 24. Joker, e.g.

25. Type of coniferous 28. Man Ray’s genre 30. Switches topics 35. “Beware the ____ of March” 37. Large casks 39. Beyond suburban 40. Fatalist’s future 41. Weasel’s aquatic cousin 43. City of Taj Mahal 44. Tossed or passed

46. Ready and eager 47. “I ____ With You” by Modern English 48. Water pipe 50. Diplomat’s forte 52. Grain in J.D. Salinger’s novel 53. Miso bean 55. One of Indiana Jones’ quests 57. *Part of Congress 60. *One who introduces a bill 64. Recurring pain 65. Consumed 67. Baby grand, e.g.

68. Relating to Hinduism 69. Siren’s domain 70. Tiny island 71. Fencing weapon 72. Trinitrotoluene, for short 73. Two-player strategy board game DOWN 1. Ear-related 2. Santa Maria’s companion 3. Give the cold shoulder

4. Like Halloween night 5. Turned skin into leather 6. Blind segment 7. ____ capita 8. New Mexico’s state flower 9. Narcotics agent, for short 10. Every which way 11. Koppel and Kennedy 12. Percy Bysshe Shelley’s poem, e.g.

15. Avian rest stop 20. Muse of love poetry 22. Store posting, abbr.

24. Choral composition 25. *”Miranda Rights” amendment 26. Leading potato-producing state 27. Yesteryear style 29. *Serving on a jury 31. *One of five U.S. territories 32. One that insists 33. Ahead of time 34. *List of candidates 36. Radio button 38. Red Cross supplies 42. Summary 45. Sushi restaurant burner 49. “Too ____ to handle” 51. ____ of Cancer 54. Brewer’s staple 56. Snack of Jewish origin 57. Edmund Fitzgerald, e.g.

58. Marine eagle 59. Lymphatic swelling 60. *John Roberts’ spot, e.g.

61. Black Friday lure 62. Half of binary code, pl.

63. Decomposes 64. Definite article 66. *Number of amendments in the Bill of Rights

Being homeless is something I never thought I would be, but it happened. Before you judge a homeless person I urge you to think twice because as we are all learning, it could happen to anyone at any given moment. When Fred and I moved to Nashville, we became homeless. Sleeping wherever we could find a safe spot to lay our head down at night. Trying to stay warm in freezing weather, having to carry our belongings around with us day in and day out to keep them from getting stolen. There is someone always watching you because they are in need as well. Homelessness is what you make of it. I learned that people who have homes, cars, money, clothes and food on the tables every day and a warm bed to sleep in really look down on the homeless. They’re pointing fingers, laughing and making fun and could

One Regret

BY WILLIAM B., CONTRIBUTOR VENDOR I’ve said quite a few times that I don’t regret being locked up to get off of drugs because I made them lock me up to get off of drugs. But I do regret one thing about it. I lost my mother and a brother while I was locked up and I couldn’t come out and say goodbye or see them. That’s one of the things that hurt me so bad.

I had already made parole but they still wouldn’t let me come out. They wouldn’t give me a furlough so I didn’t get to say goodbye to my mom and brother.

My mother was kinda scared of me, too, because I used to have tattoos of horns on my head. When I got out of being locked up and making it off of drugs I saved up 200 dollars to have the horns done over with angel wings. Now I have angel wings on my head. I’m no angel but I’m no devil either. Little kids and elderly people, too were scared of me because I had those horns.

I didn’t know my brother was as sick as he was, but my mother, I knew she was in bad shape. She had COPD like I do.

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temple. The rich were giving out of their surplus, but he took note of a widow who dropped in two small coins of very little value and Jesus said she’d given more than the others because she’d given all she had. (The account is found at Mark 12:41-44 and Luke 21:1-4 for those who care to read it.)

The lesson here is never underestimate the value of your gift. They are ALL needed and very much appreciated!

On a much lighter note, there is another reason I don’t mind receiving change. As some of you may know from earlier writings, my Pop ran the local pool room in Ashland City, Tenn. for many years.

What does this have to do with change? Well, when I was very young (preschool age) my Pop would come home with all this change, and he taught me how to count money that way. Four quarters make $1 and you need 10 stacks for the wrapper. Ten dimes make $1 and you need five stacks for the wrapper, etc.— you get the idea. It is one of the best memories I have of him. You might say it takes me back to a simpler happy time in my life.

So again, never underestimate the value of change! In my case, it’s worth far more than just the value of the coins.

care less if that person has or ever will get a meal. A lot of people who are homeless had money, a home, etc. but fell on hard times and have been this way because they don’t know how to pick themselves up and function anymore. People make the homeless feel unwanted, unloved, just totally worthless and I know because I felt that way at one point. When I was homeless I met some of the most kind hearted, spirited, loving people that I have ever met. Don’t degrade the homeless, take a few minutes out of your time to sit and talk to a homeless person. You will find that some are just like you. Smarter than you could imagine. They just need to know that people care, they do matter, they are someone. People with The Contributor show their compassion for the homeless every day. They provide them with the resources they need to get off the streets into homes and so much more. We need more people like them and Open Table Nashville. We are all God’s children.

We should never treat anyone differently because they are homeless. “Love and Respect.”

When I got out, I was taken straight to the Room In The Inn by the law, custodial people. They just dropped me off, said ‘you’re on your own.’ I’ve been there eight years. I’ll be there nine years in April and I’ll be 14 years clean off of drugs and alcohol.

I did promise my momma when I talked to her on the phone the last time that I would get off of drugs and alcohol. I couldn’t keep going through what I was going through in my life. Not buying food, not buying the medicine I needed, neglecting to get sleep. When I decided to come off of it, I weighed less than 100 pounds. I just didn’t want to keep on ruining my life, and I was hurting family members and stealing from even my own kids. I hate to admit it but I even stole from my own kids because the drug I was on was so demanding. It was crack cocaine and I’m not bragging about it, I swear I’m not bragging. It helps to talk about it now. It helps me to remember what I went through. I know I don’t want to ever go back to drugs and alcohol.

I’ve come a long way in my life. I know I had to be locked up to get off of the drugs. Now that I’ve officially turned 72 I feel like my plan that the Lord has given me has really moved me quite a ways into his arms. I feel like I’m going to heaven when I die.

VENDOR WRITING

THE DREAM? JEN A.

I don’t remember

MY HEART TYRONE M.

My Heart,

What the dream was about But I could feel its Low frequency electrical charge Ripple across my skin

JEN A.

What if our bodies weren’t Relatively symmetrical?

………beats the angry

What if the fingers

Sound of tall trees

On your right hand

Falling down

As its last bits got caught In the inescapable whirlpooling

ACCEPTANCE

Were long and skinny While on your left hand

My Heart,

Your fingers were

Black hole

…….....skip/whirls

Short and chubby?

Of my unconscious

In place-telling ME

What if the length and heft

I halfheartedly thought

And sending Me signals

Of your arms

To throw it a line

Through time and space

Was wildly disparate

To claw it back From inevitable oblivion

And your left leg was My Heart,

Maybe it was important But in a rare moment Of wise clarity I just let it go Ah, stress

A good 12 inches longer Than the right?

……...carries blood And emotional strain To all parts of my body/brain

What if your right eye Was big and brown And your left eye tiny and blue?

And what if

My Heart,

Every asymmetrical person Was asymmetrical in

……...Has Endured the

A TARGET AT A FAR RANGE JOHN H..

Hatred and pain-my heart

Their own special way?

I think America

Is a peaceful organ…….

Would be

Not a rebellion thang

A far more Accepting place

If I had a chance to be a leader Maybe I’d give Trump some tips on love And not a fever A chance to be president, maybe I could be Only if people would understand the truth don’t you see Getting old, maybe it’s not the right time Or maybe I waited too late to I fly a sign Flying a sign I’d get to know many neighbors Some people will love me, I’ll instead turn the favor God don’t like people who have lots of pride I don’t like people who have lots of hate inside Maybe one day these people will change

STORMS JUNE P.

Storms make us stronger.

Everyone goes through them.

Everyday there is a different storm.

Pain in our lives Rain in the world Hatred in the world Fighting in world We all have storms God made us strong for our futures Tomorrow.

But that’s like target practice at a very far range.

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PRETTY LITTLE BUTTERFLY KATHY S.

Pretty Little Butterfly gliding through the air, Pretty Little Butterfly you know I really care.

Pretty Little Butterfly your colors are so bright.

Pretty Little Butterfly don’t fade into the night.

Pretty Little Butterfly you are my friend, Pretty Little Butterfly I’ll keep you ‘til the end.

Pretty Little Butterfly land on my heart and stay, Pretty Little Butterfly don’t ever go away.

I love you my Pretty Little Butterfly!

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Nashville, Tennessee

Primera conferencia ‘CineTVLatino’ se une a FILM-COM/Filmolution

Evento bilingüe acoge a experimentados profesionales de medios entre actores, directores y productores provenientes de Costa Rica, España, Colombia, Ecuador, Estados Unidos, Perú, Bolivia, Argentina y México pueden encontrar www.Filmolution2020.com cinetvlatino-com.com

La Cámara de Comercio Hispana del Área de N a s h v i l l e (NAHCC) llevó a cabo exitosamente CineTVLatinoCOM, conferencia educativa de un día que se enfocó Cunza en oportunidades PorLaYuri para creativos y EditorNoticia inChief empresarios hispanos / latin@s / Latinx en películas, series de televisión y documentales.

Producido por la Cámara de Comercio Hispana con el apoyo de Film-Com y socios estratégicos, CineTVLatino-COM será un evento anual durante la temporada de la Conferencia Film-COM, para el intercambio de contenido independiente, narrativas audiovisuales indígenas, tendencias y perspectivas, trabajos multimedia, completos o en desarrollo; con profesionales de la industria y educadores de la cultura.

Participantes en CineTVLatinoCOM2020 (en orden alfabético):

15 writers, producers, directors and actors from the Spanish speaking Americas participated in CineTVLatino-Nashville

FILM-COM es un conferencia comercial anual (ya en su 11vo. año) que reúne principalmente a ejecutivos experimentados de la industria y creadores de contenido con el propósito de establecer relaciones comerciales para facilitar el lanzamiento de proyectos, ya sea en las fases de empaque o de nueva filmación. El sitio web de FILM-COM es http://Film-Com.com

CineTVLatino-COM.com como parte de Filmolution2020 es un programa de 9 días de eventos llevados a cabo desde el sábado 10 de octubre hasta el domingo 18 de octubre que incluyen Score-Com para compositores, Script-Com para guionistas, Actor-Com para actores, Faith in Film Conferencia y SWIFT Summit producida por Women in Film & Television. Todos los eventos de los socios de CineTVLatino-COM se

Conoce tus derechos: ¿Que hacer en caso de una redada?

1. Mantenerse callado 2. Sólo dar nombre y apellido 3. No mentir 4. Nunca acepte/lleve documentos falsos 5. No revelar su situación migratoria 6. No llevar documentación de otro país 7. En caso de ser arrestado, mostrarla Tarjeta Miranda (llámenos si necesita una)

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*Interpretación de idiomas simultanea fue gracias al Fondo de Respuesta COVID-19 de la Fundación Frist a través del Centro de Idiomas Extranjeros de Tennessee (TLC).

La conferencia contó con expositores de Costa Rica, España, Colombia, Ecuador, Estados Unidos, Perú, Bolivia, Argentina y México, quienes tocaron una amplia gama de temas, proyectos cinematográficos y debates de preguntas y respuestas, con interpretación simultánea español-inglés disponible durante todo el día *.

La fecha de lanzamiento este año fue sólo unas semanas atras, el viernes 16 de octubre, y además de las mesas redondas, hubo también proyecciones gratuitas seleccionadas por los participantes del panel como parte de los eventos de Filmolution2020.

y

Basados en la Quinta Enmienda de la Constitución, los derechos de guardar silencio y contar con un abogado fueron denominados Derechos Miranda luego de la decisión de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de Estados Unidos en el caso Miranda vs. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, de 1966.

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•Claudio Rojas, Productor, 175 Films & Media, ULACIT (Costa Rica) •Eduardo Henriquez, Director / Productor, "Criszamver" (Ecuador) •Damian Chapa, Actor/Director/ Producer (USA) •Elkin Zair, Comunicadora Social y Productora Audiovisual, SENA (Colombia) •Fernando García, Programador de Cine / Emprendedor Cultural FICG, (México) •Gaba Cortes, Director / Artivista (México) •Gisela Moore, Comisión de Entretenimiento de Tennessee (USA) •Pedro Lijerón Vargas, Periodista, Cineasta y Gerente de Cultura y Arte de la Fundación Grupo Ukamau / •Jorge Sanjinés Films (Bolivia).

•Pepe Serna, Actor/Director (USA) •Pilar Roca, Productora/Directora (Perú).

•Robert Rodríguez, Productor (USA) •Tatiana Astengo, Actriz (Perú) •Tato Moreno, Productor / Director, FILMATEC (Argentina) •Victor Barcena, Director, Dies Irae Audiovisual Productions (España) •Victor Prada Palma, Actor / Director / Productor (Perú).

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