69. Lin-Manuel Miranda

Latinx Lens

In this episode, Rosa and Cat highlight Pulitzer Prize, Grammy, Emmy, Tony Award-winning composer, lyricist and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda. We dive into four films from his filmography:

"Hamilton" (2020)

Dir. Thomas Kail

The real life of one of America's foremost founding fathers and first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton. Captured live on Broadway from the Richard Rodgers Theater with the original Broadway cast.

"Moana" (2016)

Dir. John Musker and Ron Clements

In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by the Demigod Maui reaches Moana's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out the Demigod to set things right.

tick, tick...BOOM! (2021)

Dir. Lin-Manuel Miranda

On the cusp of his 30th birthday, a promising young theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressures of life as an artist in New York City.

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"Encanto" (2021)

Dir. Byron Howard and Jared Bush

A Colombian teenage girl has to face the frustration of being the only member of her family without magical powers.

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