born 19 August 1970

Alex Alonso, The Bronx, New York, actor/producer

Cary Burch, Birmingham, Alabama

Joan Baptista Torrella, Sabadell, Spain, grandson of Josep Torella

Jordan Silver, Northampton, Massachusetts, TV producer

Joseph Antonio Cartagena, The Bronx, New York, rapper Fat Joe

Marco Castilla, birthplace unspecified, French sculptor

Mayumi Hasegawa, Hagi, Japan, actress

Oli Weiss, Herford, West Germany, film editor

Rob Heydon, Toronto, Ontario, commercial director

Santiago García, Buenos Aires, Argentina, documentarian

Sonny Anderson, Goiatuba, Brazil, soccer player

Terri Dawn Arnold, Sacramento, California, writer/director

Among the accomplishments of the people born in this year, I have learned, is a documentary Today’s Winner made, entitled “Lesbianas de Buenos Aires”. This achievement just barely edges out the “Rockaway/Lean Back” dance popularized by Fat Joe.

What I like about the description of “Lesbianas de Buenos Aires” is how earnest it sounds. Earnest documentaries can be fantastic or painful, but they stand or fall on their subject. This is one I would watch, mainly because I’m fascinated by the idea of Buenos Aires, and very much hope to visit there someday. And you can learn a lot about a city by studying the ways of its lesbians.