Videoteca

Betances: destierro y libertad 2014
Chronicles the life, career, and work of Puerto Rican nationalist Dr. Ramón Emeterio Betances, fighter for freedom and human rights.

Tufiño: una vida para el arte, un arte para la vida 1996 star_border 2
Documentary on the life and art of New York City born Puerto Rican artist, Rafael Tufiño.

Leyendas del Toa 1993
Collects and dramatizes four of the many popular legends of the Valle del Toa, which reflect the history of the area through various periods from the 16th to the 20th century.

Vieques: Isla Nena 1992
Explores the history of the island of Vieques, also known as Isla Nena.

Jack Delano: el goce de crear 1991
Biographical production that recreates the work of this artist, adoptive son of Puerto Rico, who stood out as a musician, photographer, filmmaker, producer, illustrator, etc.

Dilema I: Burundanga boricua 1990
Combines animation, documentary footage, and hand-painted film as well as slide projections, a painted 12" x 24" backdrop, and sculptural palm tree to create a kaleidoscopic portrait of the Puerto Rican psyche.

Micro Trip 1988
Musings about what it means to travel, let the imagination fly, and to escape from reality. Combines documentary footage, animation on paper, and hand-painted and scratched film.

Coffee Break 1987 star_border 2
Experimental film which incorporates a range of materials, ink, coloring pencils, watercolors, and graphite, to narrate the story of a woman who is transformed into a cat while she drinks the celebrated beverage of the island, coffee.

Los espejismos de Mandrágora Luna 1987
One night, while celebrating at home with friends during the San Sebastián Street Festival, a pregnant woman is visited by three characters, who could be unfoldings of herself, and take her on an inner journey in search of her identity.

Baquiné para un Maestro 1985
Documents the massive attendance of Puerto Ricans at Rafael Cortijo's funeral, one of the maximum exponents of Puerto Rican music. This experimental film is one of the few surviving records of his burial.

Isla Postal 1984
Hand painted, scratched Super 8 film meditating on Puerto Rico's political status through the layering of traditional Bomba music and governmental speeches.

Blues Tropical 1983
First part of the Trilogy of the Island in which Poli Marichal expresses and vents the anger and frustration caused by the colonial situation.

Blum 1983
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.

Al rojo vivo 1982
This work recreates the spirit of frustration and is the result of scratching and painting the tiny super 8 mm frame without magnification. The soundtrack was performed with a percussion instrument and voice.

Underwater Blues 1981
Hand painted, scratched animated Super 8 film examining the contradictions of the psychopathology of colonization.