Representation and Diversity on Stage and Screen | Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

Despite Raúl Juliá’s talents, opportunities for Latino actors in the United States in the 1960’s were scarce. In this series of videos from the American Masters film Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage, Esai Morales, Edward James Olmos and others discuss how Raúl Juliá overcame discrimination and made a name for himself as an actor — without losing his Puerto Rican accent or changing his name — breaking new ground and helping to pave the way for Latinx actors today. In the Activity, students explore Shakespeare’s text in relationship to themes of diversity and representation.