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How the film, “Mamacita,” became a lesson on the power of forgiveness

By Kristina Puga December 3, 2018 Advice
How the film, “Mamacita,” became a lesson on the power of forgiveness

It was a chilly October night when “Mamacita” had its New York premiere at the Margaret Mead Film Festival at the American Museum of Natural History. However, Mexico-born and raised…

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Filmmaker reflects on grandmother in film, “306 Hollywood”

By Kristina Puga October 15, 2018 Advice
Filmmaker reflects on grandmother in film, “306 Hollywood”

Jonathan Bogarín, 40, and his sister Elan Bogarín, 36, loved their grandmother so much, they immortalized her on film. The Jewish-American matriarch, Annette Ontell, passed away on April 4, 2011…

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Author Bob Brody on “Playing Catch with Strangers”

By Kristina Puga September 25, 2017 Stories
Author Bob Brody on “Playing Catch with Strangers”

In “Playing Catch with Strangers,” an essay published in The New York Times in 2015, Bob Brody writes that he played catch with his father only once in his life. “That summer…

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Love Lessons From My Parents

By Kristina Puga February 13, 2016 Advice
Love Lessons From My Parents

Yesterday would have been my late and adored parents 36th wedding anniversary. The date got me to thinking about some of the many lessons I learned from them about finding…

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