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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

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

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

Cinema Puerto Rico: una antropología visual

A look at Puerto Rico and its cinema through films, documentaries, and commercials from the early twentieth century to the emerging cinema of today. Visual and narrative strategies portray fragments of Puerto Rico's general history and, in turn, answers the questions of who, when, and for whom have films been made in Puerto Rico and the resources that are available to do it.

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Cinema Puerto Rico: una antropología visual

2014

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

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

1991

Puerto Rico

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

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

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

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

COINTELPRO 101

COINTELPRO 101 exposes illegal surveillance, disruption, and outright murder committed by the US government in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. “COINTELPRO” refers to the official FBI COunter INTELigence PROgram carried out to surveil, imprison, and eliminate leaders of social justice movements and to disrupt, divide, and destroy the movements as well. Many of the government's crimes are still unknown. Through interviews with activists who experienced these abuses first-hand, with rare historical footage, the film provides an educational introduction to a period of intense repression and draws relevant lessons for the present and future.

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COINTELPRO 101

2010

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

La operación

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

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La operación

1982

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

The Last American Colony

Puerto Rico, the last relic of colonization in the western hemisphere, has been a dependent territory of the USA since 1917. Los Macheteros and one of its leaders Juan Segarra have been fighting for its full independence for many decades.

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The Last American Colony

2019

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

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

Un diario amable

Duration: 0 h 59 m | 2009

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Luz en Latinoamérica

Son Afrocaribeño

Islas entretejidas: Puerto Rico y Córcega

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

Luisa tenía razón

Cinema Puerto Rico: una antropología visual

Cantares

Your Day Is My Night

Antonio Paoli: Rey de Tenores y Tenor de Reyes

Puerto Rico

Una identidad en absurdo Vol. 1

PsiQuis: Un Giro Decolonial

Ellas: Mujeres en la música

COINTELPRO 101

After the Boats Left

La operación

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The Last American Colony

San Juan, más allá de las murallas

Melting Snow