EL SIGNO VACÍO (the empty sign)
Through found footage and portraits of local artists and activists the film is a playful journey into the complex layers of the US occupation of Puerto Rico.
Genre :
Documentary
Contemporary Issues :
Decolonization
"EL SIGNO VACÍO (the empty sign)" is a feature-length anthropological journey through the United States’ occupation of Puerto Rico. Mixing over a hundred years of found footage - tourism, agricultural and propaganda films - with contemporary portraits of local artists and activists and Puerto Rican punk rock/noise music, the film reveals how carefully crafted American fictions of “democracy” and “debt” obscure a capitalist and military domination that is ongoing. Moving between old and new; Spanish and English; between paradise and environmental destruction the "EL SIGNO VACÍO (the empty sign)" becomes “re-educational” film challenging the viewer to re-think about modern colonization, its mechanism and responsibilities.
Directors :
Kathryn Ramey
Additional Credits :
Kathryn Ramey, Producer , Sofía Gallisá Muriente, Consulting Producers , Patricia Astacio Álvarez, Consulting Producers , Kathryn Ramey, Camera , Kathryn Ramey, Editing , Hogan Seidel, Assistant Editor , Kathryn Ramey, Sound , Joel Rodríguez Vargas, Sound Mix
Kathryn Ramey, Producer , Sofía Gallisá Muriente, Consulting Producers , Patricia Astacio Álvarez, Consulting Producers , Kathryn Ramey, Camera , Kathryn Ramey, Editing , Hogan Seidel, Assistant Editor , Kathryn Ramey, Sound , Joel Rodríguez Vargas, Sound Mix
Producers Credits :
Kathryn Ramey
Kathryn Ramey
Available Format :
Apple ProRes ,
DVD ,
MP4 ,
DCP ,
35mm
Markets :
Documentary,
Experimental
Year Released : 2023
Running Time :
75
Color : Color
Country : Puerto Rico/United States/France
Original Language : Spanish/English
Translation available in : Spanish and English subtitles
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Trailer and More
Press PacketVisual Journey: Scenes from EL SIGNO VACÍO (the empty sign)
Explore a gallery of images from "EL SIGNO VACÍO (the empty sign)," offering a visual feast that captures the essence of its story.
Awards
Honorable Mention, Best Experimental Feature, Sevilla Indie Film Festival, 2024
Agantro Award for Anthropological Excellence, MICE International Ethnographic Film Festival, Galicia
Screenings
Havana Film Festival, World Premiere, 2023
16mm Harkat Film Festival, Mumbai, India
German International Ethnographic Film Festival, Goëttingen, DER
Ethnocineca – International Documentary Film Festival Vienna, Austria
Independent Film Festival, Boston
Moviate Underground Film Festival
ULTRAcinema, Tepoztlán, MEXICO
Philadelphia Latino Arts and Film Festival
CineFest Latino, Boston
Engauge Experimental film Festival, Seattle
MOVE IT! - 20th International Film Festival for Human Rights, Dresden DER
Society for Visual Anthropology Film and Media Festival
International Human Rights Film Festival, Vienna
Human Rights Film Festival Vieques, Puerto Rico
Ciné-Culture, MassArt, Boston
Johns Hopkins Center for Advanced Media Study, Baltimore
Beta-Local, San Juan, Puerto Rico
