Just days before HBO Max shelved the film, Claudia Forestieri’s “Gordita Chronicles” was axed, supposedly caught in the fray of the streamer’s programming shift. The same can be said of Gloria Calderon Kellett’s “One Day at a Time,” Linda Yvette Chávez’s “Gentefied,” and other Latino series that have now, unfortunately, been canceled. With the cancellation of these series, it begs the question: Does Hollywood actually care about bolstering Latino talent and stories? In June, the “Gordita Chronicles” premiered on HBO Max, starring Olivia Goncalves as Cucu Castelli, a young, plus-sized girl from the Dominican Republic with a mixed Italian heritage growing up in 1980s Miami. AdvertisementWhile Forestieri is grateful to HBO Max and Warner Bros. for the opportunity, the cancellation of the series still stings.

Source: Huffington Post October 12, 2022 06:52 UTC