Cinema Puerto Rico: una antropología visual

El apagón: Aquí vive gente

September 2022 •Spanish

“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.

La operación

June 1982 •Spanish

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

Solar Weather: Dr. Alessandra Pacini

February 2022 •English

Alessandra Pacini, solar physicist and mother of two, has dedicated her life to researching our sun and its relation to the rest of our solar system. Traveling across the globe with her family, from Finland to Puerto Rico, Alessandra is on a mission to discover the great mysteries of our solar system.

San Juan, más allá de las murallas

October 2022 •Spanish

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.

The Last American Colony

October 2019 •English

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.

The Last Colony

April 2015 •Spanish

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

Landfall

April 2020 •Spanish

Hurricane María abated, the news crews packed up and left Puerto Rico, and the interest of the international community turned elsewhere. What happened next?

Nuyorican Básquet

July 2017 •Spanish

The story of the basketball players that represented Puerto Rico at the San Juan's 1979 Pan Am Games.

Ellas: Mujeres en la música

December 2021 •Spanish

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

Las carpetas

October 2012 •Spanish

How fair is it for the government to control its citizens? Four Puerto Ricans confront their past when they open their “files”, the records obtained of the illegal surveillance and persecution that the Puerto Rican government held against citizens and organizations that disagreed with the establishment. Through their daily life, they will tell us their stories, experiences and intimate feelings of the persecution they suffered. Taking their past as an example, we will confront the present.

After Maria

April 2019 •Spanish

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.

Your Day Is My Night

May 2014 •Chinese

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.

El puente

January 1951 •Spanish

The efforts of a community to build a bridge which would allow their children to go school during the rainy season.

Desigualdad y Pobreza

January 1988 •Spanish

Puerto Rico

January 1975 •Spanish

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.

PsiQuis: Un Giro Decolonial

August 2023 •Spanish

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.

Julia, toda en mí

July 2002 •Spanish

A poetic journey about the life and work of Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos.

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

July 2016 •Spanish

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.

Luisa tenía razón

July 1968 •Spanish

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

Nuestra Isla Nuestro Encanto

December 2017 •Spanish