Movies: Puerto rico

This documentary presents the passion, the talents, the history, the struggles, and the local and international triumphs of the most renowned fashion designers in Puerto Rico. The history of garment making in Puerto Rico has marked our history, cultu...

A generational conflict is reflected in the old-fashioned ideas of the landowner, who imposes himself as a dominant figure in the political activity of the rural communities of Puerto Rico....

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

A boy meets a new friend thanks to a bouncing ball....

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 i...

Two young Puerto Ricans, childhood best friends, decide to spend one last day together before one of them moves to the United States in search of a better life. As their departure approaches, they begin to realize that saying goodbye isn't as easy as...

In the world of briscas, three kings and a queen gather to play cards and discuss the important issues of society... if their eccentric personalities allow it....

A girl encounters a doppelgänger and does everything she can to escape from it, in a Super 8 subtropic Experimental film shot with Kodak...

Combining home movies, 16mm footage, audiotape, and an original score, Gallisá Muriente’s poetic excavation oscillates between chronicle, dream, and document. Where people and nature meet, she uncovers environmental and colonial memories from her gra...

“400 pétalos” (400 petals) tells the story of René and Sun, two opposites that love each other... Until René gives Sun a magical Marigold. A petal from the magical flower falls every time the couple fights. Amidst such countdown, René’s anxiety grows...

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Combines animation and documentary footage to illustrate the origins and impact of the musical genres Bomba and Plena in Puerto Rican culture....

This work recreates the spirit of frustration and is the result of scratching and painting the tiny super 8 mm frame without magnification. The soundtrack was performed with a percussion instrument and voice....

Experimental Super 8 film featuring animated 3-D puppets based on the characters in Picasso’s painting....

Tale about the fragility of power, the story of a David and a Goliath. Animated frame by frame with modeling clay on a light box's glass....

Combines animation, documentary footage, and hand-painted film as well as slide projections, a painted 12" x 24" backdrop, and sculptural palm tree to create a kaleidoscopic portrait of the Puerto Rican psyche....

Based on Enrique A. Laguerre's novel....

Human needs are explored in a group of adolescents who find themselves in a tutorial room in preparation for the university's entrance exam. This film aims for youths to reflect on their way of thinking and acting....

Two couples see their lives transformed after the tragedy of losing a child. Both families face the loss in their own way, allowing feelings of guilt, deny, and jealousy to surface, until family disintegration is almost inevitable....

The end of a friendship between two fellow musicians torn by the harsh realities of adulthood in the Puerto Rican art scene....