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The Latinx-focused group will host a series of virtual events throughout the festival, including a tribute to Rita Moreno hosted by Gloria and Emilio Estefan.
After making its debut at last year s Sundance, The Latinx House will (virtually) return to the film festival in 2021 for another batch of Latinx-focused panels and parties.
Though dates and times have not yet been set, this year s lineup will include a conversation with Rita Moreno, hosted by Gloria and Emilio Estefan and tied to her documentary
Rita Moreno: Just A Girl Who Decided To Go For It, which will premiere as a Sundance U.S. Documentary Competition selection. Wilmer Valderrama will also moderate a Latinx actors panel with Alessandra Mesa (
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The year began with Pope Francis slapping the hand of a pilgrim who grabbed him and would not let go as he tried to walk through St. Peter’s Square on New Year’s Eve. The human reaction of the pope is what passed as viral news, worthy of spirited debate, in early January. We had no idea what we were in for.
Here at
America, as at pretty much every news outlet in the United States, the year 2020 was dominated by three huge, intersecting stories, each of them with repercussions for the church.
“A Coronavirus Prayer,” written by executive editor Kerry Weber and translated into five other languages, was America’s most popular content of the year. (CNS photo/Kham, Reuters)