Spielberg’s ‘Rican Reparations

West Side Story: Resurrecting a Place for Us

Reprinted from NYU’s Latinx Project Intervexions

Still image from “West Side Story Redux”. Conceived & produced by Adál Maldonado

As the family translator, I was surprised when Ma, who didn’t go anywhere without me as a go-between, tore into the living room demanding I stop playing that record. Then, pushing past my deer-in-the-headlights stare, she jumped to the high-fi with the deft and speed of a ninja, yanked the…