i like to call it, holly wouldn t. i say it with love, yeah, because for all the times i ve been told, no, as a latin actor. now, los angeles, surrounded by beautiful mountains, palm tree, s magnificent sunsets, and without a doubt, the best mexican food in the country. this is a melting pot with a little bit of all of us latinos. even its name is latino, the name los angeles, no, it s lost angeles. now hollywood has become a global metaphor film in a place that many of us want to reach, but what if i told you that a latino was behind one of the most incredible tv empires in the world, it s a fact. 1950s actor desi arnaz and his wife, lucille ball, were not only stars of i love lucy, but they also produced, along with many other shows, they even helped create the multi cab sitcom genre. so even though there is still the struggle, hollywood is not a new territory for us latinos, no, because we have been here. do you hear me? so today, an ally icon is taking us to its old stom
- so for as long as the hollywood film industry has existed, as long as the hollywood colorism has, too. film industry has existed, so have we. i don t struggle to recover the u.s. because i m latin, but i shot more roles than most latin actors whose skin was darker than mine. this is something actor, producer, gina torres knows all too well. we ve known each other for years now. yeah, maybe a decade. i m not gonna do that. i was on a house of bug and. that s a couple decades ago. i was so happy to get that call. that was amazing. i was starving. yeah, we were all starving, if you are in terms of leprosy land representation. starting in, suits pearson, fire fly, alias, and 9-1-1 lone star, gina has been shattering
family restaurant that has been in the middle of englewood since 1987. i know my homies and i are in for a real treat. thank you for coming, everybody. this is so exciting, bro. you know how glad i am to see you all here, for real. there s a popular word in latin america [speaking non-english] that describes that moment when we gather at the dinner table to share what is on our minds. and for this [speaking non-english] , i brought together the future of latinos in the film industry. teresa castro smith is an amazing writer, producer, and the first latina to ever go direct a disney animated film. she did that with, encanto. victor was soup is one of the industry s top young latinx actors, which shows like the baker in the beauty, and how to make in america. carolina garcia is the director of original series at netflix, and one of the few latinx executives who can make decisions that will affect representation. and clayton davis, this guy
asked gloria to reboot the sitcom, but now with a land twist. he said, well we re thinking about doing the latina version. i said, i don t know, norman. i don t know if you should. i said, because people will try to do it, and we, as an audience, we are hard audience, because there has been such a starvation for representation that when one thing exists, we are, like it better represent all of us. yeah, because all we have is one show. and he s, like so what do you think would change it? and he s, like i ll tell you what i think would change it. it s like, i m gonna tell one story about one cuban american woman that lives in los angeles that is super, super, super, specific, to me in my experience. he said, let s do that. so i, said okay. i walked out of there, and i said, i guess i m making a show up moment here. so with, that i finally, we had a position of power. was it a time red for three seasons on netflix, and then a fourth on pop tv. gloria is now in the second seas