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Brown Is the New Green: George Lopez and the American Dream

2007 film

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ16988028 ↗
Source-derived summary

Brown Is the New Green: George Lopez and the American Dream is a 2007 American documentary directed and produced by Phillip Rodriguez. The film examines the ways in which efforts to profit from Latinos are shaping the Latino identity. Comedian George Lopez is the focus of the film, offering the viewer a behind-the-scenes look at the comedian's life and career and the ways in which he has advocated for Latinos in media and entertainment.

Production

Phillip Rodriguez is a documentary filmmaker and veteran content provider for PBS. His last four films for public television have been broadcast in primetime to wide acclaim. He is the founder of City Projects, a production company whose films and educational programs challenge ideas about race and diversity in America. Rodriguez' documentary films bring to light the complexities of Latino culture, history, and identity at a time when our nation’s demographics reflect unprecedented growth in the Latino community and the concomitant demand for relevant storytelling.

Casting

George Lopez is an American comedian, actor, and talk show host who often examines race, class and other social issues in his work. Lopez, who is Mexican-American, often challenges the stereotypes of Latinos that persist in media and popular culture. Brown Is the New Green also features other Latino leaders and industry executives, including Hector Orcí , Bill Dana, Arlene Dávila, Alex Nogales, and Bruce Helford.

Synopsis

Brown Is the New Green examines the ways in which the media and entertainment industry shape America's perception of Latinos.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Brown Is the New Green: George Lopez and the American Dream” as 2007 film. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2007—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2007. The account is most persuasive where Brown, Green and George can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as 2007 film. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16988028. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2007.

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This entry incorporates text from “Brown Is the New Green: George Lopez and the American Dream” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.