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The Scene

2005

What is "la escena" (the scene) and what is its importance, if any? Guillermo Gómez Álvarez tries to answer these questions with candid interviews from musicians and fans of the vibrant and, many times controversial, punk music scene in Puerto Rico. The decadence, rage, drugs, alcohol, politics, and social aspects are showcased in this documentary that tells an important part of the history of the great dysfunctional family that is "el punk boricua".

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Melting Snow

2021

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.

6.9

La operación

1982

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

10.0

PsiQuis: Un Giro Decolonial

2023

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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Nuestra Isla Nuestro Encanto

2017

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The Last American Colony

2019

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.

6.0

San Juan, más allá de las murallas

2022

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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Ionosphere: Dr. Eliana Nossa

2020

At Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, Eliana Nossa studies the ionosphere. This short films tells the story of Columbian researcher Eliana Nossa as she explains her study of the ever-changing universe, Arecibo's technology and data, and her role as a woman among her male colleagues. She studies the ionospheric irregularities that impact terrestrial communication.

7.0

The Last Colony

2015

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

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Nasciturus

2020

At least we're alive. Humberto.

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Landfall

2020

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

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Pedro Albizu Campos: Un hombre... un patriota...

1987

Short documentary about the life of Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos.

5.0

El puente

1951

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

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La otra educación

2012

La otra educación (The Other Education) is about the class action suit Rosa Lydia Velez vs the Department of Education, and serves as the storyline to document 30 years of struggles that the families of disabled children in Puerto Rico have suffered. Their only request is the right to an education for their sons and daughters with special needs.

6.0

Nuyorican Básquet

2017

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

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Julia, toda en mí

2002

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

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Una pasión llamada Clara Lair

1996

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).

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La otra intención

2014

In San Juan, Puerto Rico, hundreds of artists gathered to pay honor to the work of Puerto Rican artist Myrna Báez. La otra intención (The Other Intention) is an observational documentary that travels through the work of Myrna while visiting artists, such as Petra Bravo, Deborah Hunt, Yiyo Tirado, Gustavo Castrodad, the theater group Y no había luz, among others, to accompany them in their creative process of re-interpretation.

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Luisa tenía razón

1968

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

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Vieques: un pueblo forjando futuros

2000

Historical documentary about the peaceful resistance movement against the bombing practices of the US Navy in Vieques, including the arrests of more than 200 civil disobedients.

Genre	Documentary
Production Companies	Grupo Tirabuzón Rojo, ICAIC
Production Ccountries	Cuba, Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

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