Puerto Rico Movies

Combines animation and documentary footage to illustrate the origins and impact of the musical genres Bomba and Plena in Puerto Rican culture.

Experimental film about rhythm as corporal expression of a culture. Presents various choreographies and does not include the participation of men.

Tale about the fragility of power, the story of a David and a Goliath. Animated frame by frame with modeling clay on a light box's glass.

Through dramatization and interviews with her colleagues, this film captures the life and work of famed Puerto Rican poet Mercedes Negrón...

A young woman flees just before her wedding day and disappears to avoid facing the consequences of her actions.

The inspiring account on international bodyboarding star Luz 'Loly' Grande - a young woman on a personal mission to make bodyboarding a means to...

Based on Enrique A. Laguerre's novel.

Musings about what it means to travel, let the imagination fly, and to escape from reality. Combines documentary footage, animation on paper, and...

Elena is on a mission to finish a list of things that might bring her happiness. In her ongoing quest, she might need a change of perspective.

As experienced by 9 year old Angelita, the film portrays the hardship of migration endured by her family’s move from a small town in Puerto...

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

Professional gambler Dan Crown arrives in San Juan to visit his brother Alex, only to learn from the police that Alex has been found murdered. To...

The story of a widow who owns a coffee hacienda, focusing on the dynamics between her son and the man who romances her.

A single mother goes out for a run and never returns.

A poetic journey about the life and work of Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos.

A short film about the first Bomba Ancestral returning to the ocean at sunset. Organized by Sheila Osorio and Samuel Lind in Loíza, Puerto...

At Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, Eliana Nossa studies the ionosphere. This short films tells the story of Columbian researcher Eliana Nossa as...

Amores explores the world of acting from its most basic and solitary form: the monologue. If only an actor, a text, and someone who hears it are...

La otra educación (The Other Education) is about the class action suit Rosa Lydia Velez vs the Department of Education, and serves as the...

Presents a socio-economic analysis of present day Puerto Rico. Uses archival footage, re-enactments of historic events, and interviews with...