Here you will find news and blog articles about REBEL. Journalists go to “ABOUT” page for the Electronic Press Kit (EPK) link to download printable and blog photos, bios, etc.
El Perico
“Agui Carter found powerful themes in those accounts that speak to her experience as a Latina storyteller, immigrant to the U.S. and feminist.” Filmmaker explores a Latina whose story defies all conventions BY LEO ADAM BIGA September 18th, 2014 El Perico Award-winning filmmaker Maria... Read More
Fox News Latino
Why had she never heard of Loreta Velazquez? she wondered. “She’s been erased from history for 150 years,” Agui Carter told FNL. Coming To A Park Near You – Loreta Velazquez: Southern Wife, Confederate Soldier, Union Spy By Bill Vourvoulias Published September 16, 2014... Read More
The Reader
“I felt uniquely qualified to tell the story. I’m fascinated by the question of citizenship and national identity, having been brought here as a child undocumented and raised ‘underground’ by my mother. I felt growing up I was deeply American, but I did... Read More
The Citizen in Auburn, NY
“The key thing was, she sounded like such a modern heroine to me. Someone who dared enter that last bastion of maleness: war. And someone who dared to go beyond the expectations for women of her time.” ‘REBEL’ cinema: Story of female Cuban... Read More
AL DÍA Editorial
“Agui Carter explores the story of Loreta Velazquez, a Cuban immigrant who dressed as a man to be able to fight as a Confederate soldier, and later turn to spying for the Union, during the U.S. Civil War. This bit of hidden history not... Read More