Overview
- Ferrera accepted the Critics Choice Association’s Trailblazer Award in Los Angeles and urged peers to use art to inspire the world they want to live in.
- She cited scholar Scot Nakagawa’s warning that the United States is barreling toward a crisis point and argued that artists constitute civil society with a role to play.
- Coverage located the ceremony within reports of ICE activity in Los Angeles that has fueled fear across immigrant communities.
- Dolores Huerta received the Icon Award, praised portrayals of immigrants as providers, highlighted harassment of indigenous people, and led a “sí se puede” chant.
- Honorees including Andy Garcia, Oscar Isaac, Anthony Ramos, Camila Perez, Frida Perez, Gabriel Luna, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Dolores Fonzi, and Tonatiuh used their stage time for calls to action, with Tonatiuh describing outreach to financially strapped viewers and closing with “Fuck ICE.”