Summary This documentary presents a personal journey through Puerto Rico's rich African, Taino, and Spanish cultural traditions with revelatory stories by poets, abolitionists, revolutionaries, and politicians, all of whom have struggled for a national identity that has been greatly influenced by the island's ambiguous relationship with the United States. Using interviews, literature, poetry, the collages of artist Juan Sanchez, along with archival film footage and photographs, Mi Puerto Rico gives the viewer a musical, visual, and historical journey seen from the island itself and from its many transplants on the mainland United States. View more details
Directed : Sharon Simon
Written : Raquel Ortiz Julia Dixon-Eddy Sharon Simon
Stars : Felipe Luciano Raquel Ortiz Geraldo Rivera
Genres : Family Music Documentary
Release date : May 31, 1993
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Production companies : Ortiz/Simon Productions
Summary This documentary presents a personal journey through Puerto Rico's rich African, Taino, and Spanish cultural traditions with revelatory stories by poets, abolitionists, revolutionaries, and politicians, all of whom have struggled for a national identity that has been greatly influenced by the island's ambiguous relationship with the United States. Using interviews, literature, poetry, the collages of artist Juan Sanchez, along with archival film footage and photographs, Mi Puerto Rico gives the viewer a musical, visual, and historical journey seen from the island itself and from its many transplants on the mainland United States. View more details
Genres : Family Music Documentary
Release date : May 31, 1993
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Production companies : Ortiz/Simon Productions
