Presented in conjunction with algo•ritmos (2 tienes santo pero no eres babalao) by william cordova, this panel discussion brings together scholar Dr. Terri Francis and curator Aldeide Delgado for a conversation on representations of resistance, identity, and self-definition in 20th-century television and film. Taking iconic shows like Good Times and ¿Qué Pasa, USA? as points of departure, the panel explores how popular media constructs and contests dominant narratives of race, class, and cultural belonging. The discussion expands into the visual arts, reflecting on how these cultural frameworks continue to shape artistic cultural production and community histories.

About Dr. Terri Francis

Terri Francis is an internationally recognized author, curator, and professor. Since moving to Miami in 2021, Dr. Francis has moderated conversations on independent film, literature, and the visual arts at Coral Gables Art Cinema, [NAME] Publications, Books and Books, the Miami Film Festival, the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, Third Horizon Film Festival, and the Pérez Art Museum Miami. She is a 2022 Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grantee, and her work can be found in Another Gaze, SEEN, and Lithub, Film History, Black Camera, and Film Quarterly. 

In 2023 Terri keynoted the conference “Doing Women’s Film and Television History” at the University of Sussex and in 2024 co-curated the exhibition Icon in Motion: Josephine Baker at the New National Gallery in Berlin. She recently co-edited a landmark collection of essays for Feminist Media Histories called “Camille Billops and James V. Hatch: A Certain Defiance.” Coming up February 19-22, 2026, Dr. Francis will present “Dance Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee” a cinematic celebration of dance and sports at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach, Florida. Dr. Francis is an associate professor in the School of Communication at the University of Miami and the author of Josephine Baker’s Cinematic Prism (Indiana University Press, 2021).

About Aldeide Delgado
Aldeide Delgado is the founder and director of Women Photographers International Archive (WOPHA). She has a background in advising and presenting at art history forums based on photography including, lectures at the Tate Modern, Perez Art Museum Miami, The New School, and California Institute of the Arts. Delgado is a recent recipient of a 2019 Knight Arts Challenge, 2018 School of Art Criticism Fellowship, and a 2017 Research and Production of Critic Essay Fellowship. She is the author of the online archive Catalog of Cuban Women Photographers, as well as the namesake ongoing book. Publications, where she has contributed, include Cuban Art News, Artishock, Terremoto, C&America Latina, Arcadia, as well as diverse independent art blogs. She writes for Artishock, Terremoto, ArtNexus, and C&America Latina. She is an active member of PAMM’s International Women’s Committee, IKT International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art, US Latinx Art Forum and Art Table.