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.

The Hurricane Maria represented a historic event for the island of Puerto Rico. The Puerto Rican spi...
Documentary on the mass sterilization of Puerto Rican women during the 1950s and '60s.

A close look at Puerto Rico's unique relationship with the United States.

Artificial intelligence is taking on different roles in the filmmaking space. The questions we must ...

“El apagón: Aquí vive gente” is a 23-minute film that explores the socio-economic challenges in Pue...
Documentary about how the arrival of the railway industry impacted Puerto Rican culture economically...
Through dramatization and interviews with her colleagues, this film captures the life and work of fa...

The story of the basketball players that represented Puerto Rico at the San Juan's 1979 Pan Am Games...

Isla chatarra describes the phenomenon of the ubiquity of automobiles in Puerto Rico. The island mea...
Carmen accompanies a group of women who must travel from the island of Vieques to San Juan, capital ...
A poetic journey about the life and work of Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos.
The inspiring account on international bodyboarding star Luz 'Loly' Grande - a young woman on a pers...
Documentary that tells the story of how several of the most prestigious ballet companies and academi...

Strong Puerto Rican women forced to flee the island after Hurricane Maria have bonded like family in...
Experimental film about rhythm as corporal expression of a culture. Presents various choreographies ...

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

Combines animation, documentary footage, and hand-painted film as well as slide projections, a paint...
How fair is it for the government to control its citizens? Four Puerto Ricans confront their past wh...

Two tons of snow—flown from New Hampshire to Puerto Rico in 1952 in order to “gift” Puerto Ricans a ...