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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Martinez: What Yalitza Aparicio’s role means for indigenous representation

Martinez: What Yalitza Aparicio’s role means for indigenous representation

February 19, 2019

Yalitza Aparicio, the star of the hit Mexican film “Roma,” is coming into her own. Though she was originally training to become a teacher, Aparicio decided to try out for the film’s main character...

Yalitza Aparicio as Cleo, Marco Graf as Pepe, Carlos Peralta Jacobson as Paco, and Daniela Demesa as Sofi in “Roma,” written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón

Alfonso Cuarón transforms a deeply personal narrative into a universal project in “Roma”

February 13, 2019

On first scan, “Roma” appears to model the elements of films that have typically flooded the Oscars’ Best Foreign Film category: a hyperlocal setting; a simple, yet striking, plotline; a handful...

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