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

Caribbean Studies & Caribbean Diaspora Cinema & Media Studies Documentary Films New Releases Puerto Rican Activism and Resistance

"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

Producers Credits :
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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