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This course delves into Latin American cinema through the lens of female directors and filmmakers, exploring how women have challenged power structures and representation in the film industry while addressing themes such as gender, identity, social…

Noelia, a 40-year-old Puerto Rican visual artist, discovers her cancer has metastasized after spending several years in remission. Despite the insistence of her partner, Jorge, she refuses to continue her treatment and decides to return to Vieques,…

The daily life of Juan, Rushian and Ivianyd, three Puerto Rican teenagers, is challenged when they decide to participate in a series of workshops to discover their aspirations and overcome personal limitations. The support of new mentors provokes…

Carmen accompanies a group of women who must travel from the island of Vieques to San Juan, capital of Puerto Rico, in order to perform breast biopsies. The long journey is by water and road. Amid many fears and vicissitudes, Carmen confirms once…

Two months after Hurricane Maria landed on the shores of Puerto Rico, the power remains out and the infrastructure continues to collapse. Junior, a ten-year-old boy, is summoned by his mother to search for the medicine his grandfather so desperately…

In this course we examine the documentary genre in film and its participation in the public sphere as filmmakers and their audiences demand or create justice in pursuit of participation in Latin America and among Latinx communities. We see how a…

ANGÉLICA, tras una larga ausencia en Nueva York, regresa a Puerto Rico cuando su padre, WILFREDO, sufre un ataque cardíaco. La violencia de regresar, no por gusto, a la casa en la que creció, más la enfermedad de su padre, obligan a Angélica a…

Miguel Ángel Gonzáles Sánchez, apodado Miguelito, era un niño de Puerto Rico que ayudó a sostener a su pobre familia cantando en las calles. Allí fue visto por el legendario productor Harvey Averne, quien contrató al niño de once años, produjo un…

Refreshingly sophisticated in both form and content, BRINCANDO EL CHARCO contemplates the notion of “identity” through the experiences of a Puerto Rican woman living in the US. In a wonderful mix of fiction, archival footage, processed interviews and…

This course will provide students an introduction to the critical analysis of film and literature in Latin America (including Brazil) with a specific focus, particularly at the end of the course, on post-dictatorship film and literature from…