Puerto Rican Activism and Resistance
Independent documentaries present a much-needed visual record of social justice activism and resistance in Puerto Rico and in Puerto Rican communities in the United States. Our series includes:
- Young Puerto Ricans take the streets to demand the end of the fiscal board imposed by the U.S. Congress, austerity measures, and the ousting of corrupt political leaders
- Labor documentaries on the prevalence of precarious work in Puerto Rico and the historical struggle of a group of Puerto Rican merchant marine workers who organized for better working conditions (The Stand-by Generation and Salty Dog Blues)
- Films about the lasting environmental effects of the U.S. Navy in the island of Vieques (Vieques and Living Along the Fenceline)
- Critical views of the damaging effects of urban renewal and gentrification in Nuyorican communities (Break and Enter, The Case Against Lincoln Center and Voces de Fillmore)
- Legacies of the Attica prison rebellion and Puerto Rican families in Philadelphia fighting against police brutality (Teach Our Children and Black and Blue)
- Films on Puerto Rican visual artist Samuel Lind, Nuyorican spoken word artists La Bruja, Mariposa and Papoleto, and a celebration of Puerto Rican folk music and Nuyorican identity (Samuel Lind's Coastal World, La Bruja, Percussion, Impressions, Reality and Latino Poets Speakout).
- Films on the Young Lords, Operation Move-In and (Break and Enter, Palante, Siempre Palante! and El Pueblo Se Levanta)