still ahead on "tiempo," "maria montez: the movie," about one of the first latina actresses in hollywood. it hits theaters in our area soon. we'll talk to the star of the movie, as well. also, in celebration of hispanic heritage month, we'll tell you about a free art exhibit called we are you project: an exhibition on social justice and immigration. >> we have been discussing this morning the pope's recent trip to cuba, what it means for the people there. enlightening us this morning, vito echevarria, the journalist with the "cuba standard" online publication, antonio nadal, emeritus professor there at brooklyn college, and his good friend samuel farber, also a professor emeritus and a book author, as well. we cannot discuss the trip without talking about the meeting between the pope and fidel. you saw the pictures. we hadn't seen pictures or video of fidel in quite some time. your thoughts on that meeting. >> yeah, basically that definitely was symbolic, the mere fact that the two were in the same room together discussing the issues of the day affecting the local people in cuba. i'm sur

if you don't know who maria montez, you will.l>> you are linda. >> thank you very much. well, you're also the executive producer of this film, maria ma sria montez, the movie. was she an inspiration for you? >> she was. i was like how do i fit the and that's when said, okay, i cannot be stereo typed. i'm not a size zero. i speak with an accent. how did she do it in 1940? she was a real pioneer. >> oh my god, she did 26 films for universal studios. and she became like the "it" personality in the golden era of hollywood. when you first move to a city like los angeles, it's very lonely. it's hard to make it. >> and from the dominican republic as well.t>> yeah. when i learned about herxstory, i said, someone needs to know about this woman. we need more role mod2ls to follow. >> she starred in a number of films. thatalnspired her story. >> she's the second oe ten siblings. and none of them were pursuing the acting career. she was the only girl in a very small town in the south part of the dominican republic. anyone flying out or back then getting on a boat to cross to the unit