…Bad Bunny became one of the world’s most powerful entertainers without sanding down his Puerto Ricanness for Anglo consumption. He kept his Spanish, Puerto Rican slang, and confrontations with colonialism,…
…We follow Nena, a curandera and the daughter of a wealthy rancher, who is trying to survive Anglo settlers’ land grab. As if colonial displacement were not enough, literal vampires…
…if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed.” The reality of colonization is not a pretty picture – it’s abuse, gun violence, and resource exploitation. If the colonizer did…
…– what happens when colonialism, government neglect, and failing infrastructure become part of everyday life. Puerto Rico is facing another water emergency with severe water shortages affecting some of Puerto…
…documentary hits hardest – capturing the struggles, dreams, and contradictions of a people caught in a colonial trap – via exploring examples of early Puerto Rican cinema. Conceived as a…
…uncomfortable truths: some of the most celebrated objects in Western museums did not arrive there through admiration or exchange, but through violence, colonial extraction, and theft. Conversations around decolonization often…
…but an infrastructure one. Puerto Rico has a lot of resources, but also the most corrupt government in our history. Republican Governor Jenniffer Gonzalez Colón is a small replica of…
…emerge between colonized populations and colonial systems. It examines how generations living under colonial rule may develop complicated loyalties, emotional dependencies, and identity negotiations that make resistance difficult even when…
Kristian Mercado’s Mataron a Pedro carries the weight of history, memory, and Puerto Rican colonization into LALIFF. Premiering at the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF) on May 28,…
…once tortured and murdered. The state builds a penal colony in the wilderness to ‘rehabilitate” inmates, who can never leave. The novel opens decades later, as the operations are winding…
