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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.
A young Puerto Rican activist confronts the island's persistent crisis of food insecurity.
Gloria and Diana don’t have the best mother-daughter relationship. Diana fantasizes reactions that show her true feelings towards her mom. During one of her weekly visits to the supermarket, Diana loses her mom and finds what she really feels.
Isla chatarra describes the phenomenon of the ubiquity of automobiles in Puerto Rico. The island measures slightly less than 9,000 square kilometers, but has 25,000 kilometers of paved road, one of the highest proportions in the planet. Puerto Rico is one of the countries with the largest number of vehicles per kilometer (of road) and third in the world in number of cars per 1,000 inhabitants. The film was produced with the idea to raise consciousness and create a dialogue about the ongoing situation of our dependence on cars. It also shows the dangerous circumstances of an island that is slowly being covered by scrap metal.
On Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos and her poem with the same name.