Cinema Puerto Rico: una antropología visual
2014
1h 44m
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.
If current server doesn't work please try other servers beside.
Similar Movies
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.
Rating:
5.5/10
Votes:
22
Year:
2019
El apagón: Aquí vive gente
“El Apagón: Aquí Vive Gente” is a documentary directed by Bad Bunny and Blanca Graulau. This 23-minute film explores the socio-economic challenges in Puerto Rico, focusing on the effects of power outages and gentrification driven by the real estate and energy sectors. Through visuals and personal stories, the documentary highlights the experiences of Puerto Rican communities facing these issues.
Rating:
0.0/10
Votes:
0
Year:
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.
Rating:
0.0/10
Votes:
0
Year:
2021
Landfall
Hurricane María abated, the news crews packed up and left Puerto Rico, and the interest of the international community turned elsewhere. What happened next?
Rating:
0.0/10
Votes:
0
Year:
2020
Una pasión llamada Clara Lair
Through dramatization and interviews with her colleagues, this film captures the life and work of famed Puerto Rican poet Mercedes Negrón Muñoz (also known as Clara Lair).
Rating:
0.0/10
Votes:
0
Year:
1996
Julia, toda en mí
A poetic journey about the life and work of Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos.
Rating:
0.0/10
Votes:
0
Year:
2002
Todavía Estamos Aquí
We Are Still Here is a student-made documentary from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez campus (UPRM) about the lives and experiences of the Peñolanos from Barrio Rucio and adjacent communities who have resisted generations of adversities due to their geographical location and at the hands of the Puerto Rican government. Centered on resistance and collective care among communities, this inaugural documentary produced by the Oral History Lab at UPRM and funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities showcases how community work by projects like Aula en la Montaña and organizations like Impacto Juventud GC Inc. demonstrate that strength lies in union and that true healing occurs through mutual accompaniment between community and volunteers.
Rating:
0.0/10
Votes:
0
Year:
2023
Burn Me Back
Peggy Robles-Alvarado is a Jerome Hill Foundation Fellow in Literature, a Latinx Playwrights Circle Fellow, and a three-time International Latino Book Award winner who authored Conversations With My Skin, and Homage To The Warrior Women. In this film by New York-based filmmaker Matt Haller, she recounts the grief and pain of losing her father, interwoven with her Puerto Rican heritage.
Rating:
0.0/10
Votes:
0
Year:
2024
Boleto de ida
Documentary about how the arrival of the railway industry impacted Puerto Rican culture economically, socially, and humanistically during the first half of the 20th century. It includes photos by Jack Delano, among others, and scenarios to reconstruct the experience of what could have been the last trip made by train from San Juan to Ponce in 1953.
Rating:
4.7/10
Votes:
3
Year:
1983
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.
Rating:
0.0/10
Votes:
0
Year:
2019
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.
Rating:
5.5/10
Votes:
4
Year:
2014
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.
Rating:
6.0/10
Votes:
1
Year:
2022
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.
Rating:
10.0/10
Votes:
1
Year:
2023
La operación
Documentary on the mass sterilization of Puerto Rican women during the 1950s and '60s.
Rating:
6.9/10
Votes:
6
Year:
1982
Biopsia
Carmen accompanies a group of women who must travel from the island of Vieques to San Juan, capital of Puerto Rico, in order to perform breast biopsies. The long journey is by water and road. Amid many fears and vicissitudes, Carmen confirms once again the need for appropriate medical services for both women and for the rest of the Vieques population.
Rating:
9.0/10
Votes:
1
Year:
2016
Ellas: Mujeres en la música
A musical look at the invaluable contribution made by women to Puerto Rican music.
Rating:
0.0/10
Votes:
0
Year:
2021
Pedro Albizu Campos: Un hombre... un patriota...
Short documentary about the life of Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos.
Rating:
0.0/10
Votes:
0
Year:
1987
The Last Colony
A close look at Puerto Rico's unique relationship with the United States.
Rating:
7.0/10
Votes:
3
Year:
2015
El puente
The efforts of a community to build a bridge which would allow their children to go school during the rainy season.
Rating:
5.0/10
Votes:
2
Year:
1951
Desigualdad y Pobreza
Rating:
0.0/10
Votes:
0
Year:
1988
If current server doesn't work please try other servers beside.