Film 1 - Bad Hombres
This film explores the roots of criminalization of the Latino community in the United States. Stretching from the colonization of Latin America and the Caribbean, the film tracks the stereotypes and the policies used to cast Latinos as suspicious “others.” It takes a deeper dive into the policies, public narratives and personal testimonies that expose a system that associates crime with the Latino identity and explains how Latinos have become the fastest growing minority in the U.S. prison system.
Película 1 - Hombres malos
Esta película explora las raíces de la criminalización de la comunidad latina en los Estados
Unidos. A partir de la colonización de América Latina y el Caribe, la película rastrea los
estereotipos y las políticas utilizadas para presentar a las personas latinas como «otros»
sospechosos. La película profundiza en las políticas, las narrativas públicas y los testimonios
personales que exponen un sistema que asocia el crimen con la identidad latina y explica cómo
las personas latinas se han convertido en la minoría de más rápido crecimiento en el sistema
penitenciario de EE. UU.
Directors: Carlos Sandoval and Paula Heredia
Featured Interviews:
- José Luis Morín, Legal Historian; Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY); Chairperson, Latin American and Latina/o Studies (LLS) Department
- William D. Carrigan, Historian; Chair and Professor of History at Rowan University
- Kelly Lyttle Hernández, Historian; Professor of History and African AmericanStudies, University of California, Los Angeles
- Juan Cartagena, Constitutional law scholar; President and General Counsel, LatinoJustice
- Kassandra Frederique, Policy Advocate; New York State Director, Drug Policy Alliance (DPA)
- Jorge Renaud, Regional Director of Policy and Advocacy, LatinoJustice
- Xuan Santos, Sociologist - Associate Professor and Internship Coordinator, Department of Sociology, Criminology and Justice, East Los Angeles College
- Gaby Hernández, Psychiatric Social Worker, Los Angeles Unified School District
- Steve Huerta, Data Expert
- Tina Nieto, Chief of Police, City of Marina, CA
“Colonialization, racial dominance, the notion that there is a superior race in the United States, has everything to do with the control of a particular population.”
- Juan Cartagena
