Maurício Mota

Filmmaker

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Filmmaker; co-president of Wise Entertainment and executive producer of East Los High

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Discussions about diversity and inclusion in film often center on women and black people. If you’re Latinx, Asian, or Native, you’re often left out.

The lack of Latinx representation in films

Discussions about diversity and inclusion in film often center on women and black people. If you’re Latinx, Asian, or Native, you’re often left out.

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By Kristin Marguerite Doidge 
 The sacred tenet for almost any daytime television network exec is simple: maintain the status quo, and do what has worked countless times over and over…

'East Los High'

By Kristin Marguerite Doidge The sacred tenet for almost any daytime television network exec is simple: maintain the status quo, and do what has worked countless times over and over…

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