With Hispanic Heritage Month around the corner, Netflix is celebrating the Latinos representing our communities, cultures and complexities in Hollywood, bringing more diversity to the stories we love and allowing ourselves to be represented on screen.

These recent and upcoming Netflix original series and films feature Latino talent in front of or behind the camera:

Karla Souza in The Sleepover

  • The Sleepover (August – featuring Karla Souza and Cree Cicchino): What do you do if your parents are kidnapped by a crew of international thieves? You begin a wild overnight adventure – complete with spy gear.
  • All Together Now (August – featuring Rhenzy Feliz, Justina Machado, Judy Reyes and Fred Armisen): An optimistic high schooler with musical aspirations must learn to accept help from her friends to overcome her personal hardships and fulfill her dreams.

    COBRA KAI – SEASON 1 – EPISODE 110

  • Cobra Kai (August – featuring Xolo Maridueña): Decades after the tournament that changed their lives, the rivalry between Johnny and Daniel reignites in this sequel to the “Karate Kid” films.

    Teenage Bounty Hunters

  • Teenage Bounty Hunters (August – with director Diego Velasco and featuring Charity Cervantes): First loves. Country clubs. Lacrosse practice. Bounty hunting? It’s a typical day for teenage twins leading a badass double life.

    Felipe Esparza Comedy Special 2020

  • Felipe Esparza: Bad Decisions / Malas Decisiones (September): Two live performances, one in English and one in Spanish. No matter the language, Felipe is muy muy.
  • Julie and the Phantoms (Sept. 10 – directed by Kenny Ortega and starring Madison Reyes, with Carlos Ponce, Sonny Bustamante and Alison Araya): Julie lost her passion for music when she lost her mom. But when three ghostly guys appear and lift her spirits, they decide to start a band together!
  • The Babysitter: Killer Queen (Sept. 10 – featuring Jenna Ortega and Bella Thorne): Two years after Cole survived a satanic blood cult, he’s living another nightmare: high school. And the demons from his past? Still making his life hell.
  • Taco Chronicles S2 (Sept 15): Many of the most popular taco styles have long, rich, little-known histories. Explore some of them in this eye-opening, mouth-watering food adventure.

    Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous

  • Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous (Sept. 18 – featuring the voices of Jenna Ortega and Raini Rodriguez): Six teens invited to attend a state-of-the-art adventure camp on Isla Nublar must band together to survive when the dinosaurs break out of captivity.

    SNEAKERHEADS (L to R) MATTHEW JOSTEN as STUEY, JEARNEST CORCHADO as NORI, ALLEN MALDONADO as DEVIN and ANDREW BACHELOR as BOBBY in episode 2 of SNEAKERHEADS

  • Sneakerheads (Sept. 25 – featuring Allen Maldonado and Jearnest Corchado): Family man Devin falls back into his sneaker obsession after his pal Bobby talks him into a wheeling-dealing scheme to score a mythical pair of kicks.
  • The Boys in the Band (Sept. 30 – featuring Robin de Jesús): At a birthday party in 1968 New York, a surprise guest and a drunken game leaven seven gay friends reckoning with unspoken feelings and buried truths.
  • Carmen Sandiego S3 (Oct. 1 – featuring the voice of Gina Rodriguez): Carmen is a modern day Robin Hood traveling the globe and stealing from V.I.L.E. and giving back to its victims. We will follow her escapades and get to determine not only where but WHO in the world is Carmen Sandiego?
  • The Forty-Year-Old Version (Oct. 9 – featuring Haskiri Velazquez): Radha is a down-on-her-luck NY playwright, who is desperate for a breakthrough before 40. Reinventing herself as rapper RadhaMUSPrime, she vacillates between the worlds of Hip Hop and theater in order to find her true voice. 
  • Super Monsters: Dia de los Monsters (Oct. 9 – featuring the voice of Gigi Saul Guerrero): Super Monsters visit Vida’s home town for a Dia De Los Muertos parade where they meet some new Super Monsters.
  • The Last Kids on Earth S3 (Oct. 16 – featuring the voices of Montserrat Hernandez and Rosario Dawson): After an unexplained portal unleashes zombies and monsters into his small town, 13-year old Jack Sullivan and his friends must band together for survival. With mortal danger at every turn, they quickly learn that the apocalypse is much better with friends.

    SELENA THE SERIES – CHRISTIAN SERRATOS

  • Selena: The Series (coming soon): As Mexican-American Tejano singer Selena comes of age and realizes her dreams, she and her family make tough choices to hold on to love and music.
  • Social Distance (coming soon – directed by Diego Velasco and featuring Oscar Nuñez, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Guillermo Diaz, Miguel Sandoval and Camila Perez)
  • Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (coming soon – featuring Colman Domingo)
  • Vampires vs The Bronx (coming soon – directed by Osmany Rodriguez, featuring Gregory Diaz IV, Jaden Michael and Joel Martinez AKA “The Kid Mero”)
  • The Prom (coming soon – featuring Ariana DeBose and Nico Greetham)
  • The Midnight Sky (coming soon – featuring Demián Bichir)

From September 15 to October 15, visit netflix.com/hispanicheritage for a variety of collections of series, movies and documentaries celebrating Hispanic and Latino culture, featuring categories like U.S. Latino Stories, Watching Juntos: Family Viewing, Award-Winning Films en español and Food & Culture Across the Americas.

For all things Latino on Netflix, follow @ConTodoNetflix on Instagram & Twitter.

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