After opening some of Portland’s most revered restaurants celebrating Mexican cuisine, what had initially irked Republica co-founder Angel Medina had come to dominate his professional thoughts: He’d hired diverse teams across the city, and yet, none of those people, their faces, or even their hands regularly appeared in front of the camera whenever media companies parachuted in. So, he took hold of the camera and decided to tell stories about hospitality workers in the Rose City himself.
Medina wrote and produced his first video in 2020 in collaboration with Molcajete Films. Titled “La Perlita” after his coffee shop of the same name, the video shared a glimpse into the
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