Cinema Puerto Rico: una antropología visual

Cinema Puerto Rico: una antropología visual (2014)

October 28th, 20141h 44min

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Overview

A look at Puerto Rico and its cinema through films, documentaries, and commercials from the early twentieth century to the emerging cinema of today. Visual and narrative strategies portray fragments of Puerto Rico's general history and, in turn, answers the questions of who, when, and for whom have ​​films been made in Puerto Rico and the resources that are available to do it.


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