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Presents a socio-economic analysis of present day Puerto Rico. Uses archival footage, re-enactments of historic events, and interviews with participants to recount the long history of U.S. involvement in Puerto Rico and the anti-colonial struggle.

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Puerto Rico

1975

Cantares

Several Puerto Rican Christmas tunes are performed on screen by Juan Rivera, Juan Ortiz Vargas, José Ramón Morales, and the Morgado Brothers.

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Cantares

1960

Luz en Latinoamérica

The inspiring account on international bodyboarding star Luz 'Loly' Grande - a young woman on a personal mission to make bodyboarding a means to improve the lives of disadvantaged children in Puerto Rico, Argentina, Brazil, and Peru.

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Luz en Latinoamérica

2016

Your Day Is My Night

Immigrant residents of a “shift-bed” apartment in the heart of New York City’s Chinatown share their stories of personal and political upheaval. As the bed transforms into a stage, the film reveals the collective history of the Chinese in the United States through conversations, autobiographical monologues, and theatrical movement pieces. Shot in the kitchens, bedrooms, wedding halls, cafés, and mahjong parlors of Chinatown, this provocative hybrid documentary addresses issues of privacy, intimacy, and urban life.

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Your Day Is My Night

2014

Antonio Paoli: Rey de Tenores y Tenor de Reyes

The life and career of Puerto Rican tenor Antonio Paoli, also known as The King of Tenors and The Tenor of Kings.

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Antonio Paoli: Rey de Tenores y Tenor de Reyes

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Rafael Cancel Miranda: I'm Not Sorry for What I Did

Explores the trajectory of the young nationalist from the time of his incarceration, at 23 years of age, as a result of the attack on the United States Congress.

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Rafael Cancel Miranda: I'm Not Sorry for What I Did

2016

Luisa tenía razón

Explores concerns about uterine cancer and the value of the Pap Test in detecting this serious type of cancer.

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Luisa tenía razón

1968

Son Afrocaribeño

Combines animation and documentary footage to illustrate the origins and impact of the musical genres Bomba and Plena in Puerto Rican culture.

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Son Afrocaribeño

1998

Islas entretejidas: Puerto Rico y Córcega

The cultural and architectural phenomenon of the Corsican in Puerto Rico, and the influence of the Corsican immigration in this territory.

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Islas entretejidas: Puerto Rico y Córcega

2016

Una identidad en absurdo Vol. 1

Guillermo Gómez Álvarez explores the identity politics of Puerto Rico via archival footage from various sources that clash with nine original songs from local independent musicians and a thematic analysis from a psychoanalyst and a historian. From the juxtaposition the absurd becomes coherent and the coherent becomes absurd as Puerto Rican identity is defined and rejected almost simultaneously.

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Una identidad en absurdo Vol. 1

2011

Ellas: Mujeres en la música

A musical look at the invaluable contribution made by women to Puerto Rican music.

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Ellas: Mujeres en la música

2021

PsiQuis: Un Giro Decolonial

PsiQuis: Un Giro Decolonial is a documentary that presents and discusses the psychological impact that colonialism has had on the Puerto Rican people. The director analyzes the traumas generated in Puerto Rican society by that colonial experience.

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PsiQuis: Un Giro Decolonial

2023

After Maria

Strong Puerto Rican women forced to flee the island after Hurricane Maria have bonded like family in a FEMA hotel in the Bronx. They seek stability in their new life as forces try to pull them apart.

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After Maria

2019

La operación

Documentary on the mass sterilization of Puerto Rican women during the 1950s and '60s.

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La operación

1982

After the Boats Left

New documentary by Mexican filmmaker Sonia Fritz about a forgotten town in Puerto Rico.

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After the Boats Left

2022

The Last Colony

A close look at Puerto Rico's unique relationship with the United States.

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The Last Colony

2015

A Gritos La Costa

A look at the current state of Puerto Rico and how coastal erosion has affected the Island.

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A Gritos La Costa

2024

Un diario amable

"A Friendly Newspaper" vindicated journalists in a very important sense. For the first time, from a place as influential as television, the business power that exists behind the press was summoned and held responsible for its decline.

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Un diario amable

2009

Melting Snow

Two tons of snow—flown from New Hampshire to Puerto Rico in 1952 in order to “gift” Puerto Ricans a “white Christmas”—become a metaphor for the colonialist paternalism of America’s relationship to Puerto Rico.

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Melting Snow

2021

San Juan, más allá de las murallas

Explore the 500-year history of the city of San Juan, from the move from Caparra to the different invasions during these centuries. It also looks at how different situations and people were key to what is now the capital of Puerto Rico. This documentary presents, through the recreation of key situations, archival material, and accounts of historians and researchers, decisive moments that influenced what is now the capital.

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San Juan, más allá de las murallas

2022

Cinema Puerto Rico: una antropología visual

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Antonio Paoli: Rey de Tenores y Tenor de Reyes

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Luisa tenía razón

Son Afrocaribeño

Islas entretejidas: Puerto Rico y Córcega

Una identidad en absurdo Vol. 1

Ellas: Mujeres en la música

PsiQuis: Un Giro Decolonial

After Maria

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Melting Snow

San Juan, más allá de las murallas