The Duality of Color in My Family, Mi Familia
9 min readMar 26, 2018
Gregory Nava’s work as a Mexican-American film maker (of Mexican and Basque heritage) brought into focus several films that helped center Latinx people in their own stories that did not automatically cast them in negative stereotypical role such as criminals. While he may be better known as the director of the biopic of Selena, of slain popstar Selena Quintanilla-Perez starring a young Jennifer Lopez that…
