13 Afro-Latino Movies You Should Stream for Black History Month

This month should also speak to Afro-Cubans in Miami and Afro-Mexicans in California. It should get people to look back at the history of Haitian refugees and to think through Brazil's own slavery legacy. Often forgotten, let us focus also on highlighting those of mixed-heritage whose stories speak crucially about intersectional identities. And as Afro-Latinas Christina Milian, Tatyana Ali, and Judy Reyes remind us in a short doc called "Black and Latino," straddling those lines can pose a challenge.