For Issa López, this year’s recipient of the NHMC Showrunner Impact Award for her work on HBO’s True Detective: Night Country, getting recognized by her community is a particular honor. Remezcla had a chance to talk to both López and NHMC (National Hispanic Media Coalition) President and CEO Brenda Castillo about López’s award and about the NHMC’s Impact Awards Gala, which took place on June 14th, and honors individuals “making an impact, shifting societal narratives, and setting an example for Latine communities.”
“I grew up in Tlatelolco in Mexico City, which is next to Tepito and it’s a very historical part of Mexico City. And I loved cinema and I loved good TV and some bad TV too, I will say, but you just wanna tell the stories. There was no role model of, you know …what were the chances of a girl growing up in there to end up telling, well, in its moment, the most important show on TV when it was playing?”
And López hopes that her presence, this award, is an inspiration for the next generation too. “It makes it easier, if only for the fact that it has happened, that there is precedent and that amongst us, we say to each other, look at her, look at him, look at them.”
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