Mariem Pérez Riera

Rita Moreno defied both her humble upbringing and relentless racism to become one of a select group who have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award. Over a seventy year career, she has paved the way for Hispanic-American performers by refusing to be pigeonholed into one-dimensional stereotypes.

A young drug dealer falls in love while facing disruption among the men in his gang, and being offered a career as a Reggaetón singer.

In the 1930s, a Harvard educated Black Puerto Rican faces off with the white Chief of Police on the island over island-wide strikes. What happens next forever alters the future of the colonized island.

In 1998, David Sanes, a security guard of the US Navy base in Vieques, died from a projectile from a military practice. As a consequence of that incident, the people of Vieques and Puerto Rico joined in civil disobedience in the restricted area of the Marina so that no more bombs could be dropped.

A three-part look at the ironies of love, with stories that involve a young boy, a hostage situation, and a divorced elderly couple caught in a love triangle.

On the Puerto Rican diaspora, which includes renowned artists who have converted New York, Florida, Chicago, Hawaii, Santa Cruz and Dominican Republic into their second home, but with Puerto Rico in their hearts.

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.

An intimate, funny and deeply human look at the personal contradictions of Marisé “Tata” Álvarez, who addresses topics such as the diaspora experience, female identity, mental health and her relationship with her father, all with a touch of honest humor and a contemporary perspective.

Explore the 500-year history of the city of San Juan, from the move from Caparra to the different invasions during these centuries. It also looks at how different situations and people were key to what is now the capital of Puerto Rico. This documentary presents, through the recreation of key situations, archival material, and accounts of historians and researchers, decisive moments that influenced what is now the capital.

A long time ago, in a place now known as the eighties, in Puerto Rico you were either a “cocolo”, somebody who listened to music from the ghetto and the streets, or a “rockero”, those who listened to American pop music. Javier is a “cocolo” who’s trying to find the courage to ask out the girl of his dreams. Laura, the prettiest “rockera” in their school, is trying to regain her popularity after her friends reject her for being a flirt. During a mix up at their high school, Laura and Javier are forced to enter a TV dance contest. In order to win, the snotty rich girl and the guy from the wrong side of the tracks have to discover that comedy and teenage angst move to same beat.