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Browse 27 movies from Corporación de Puerto Rico para la Difusión Pública
Abelardo Díaz Alfaro visits the places that inspired him to write his book "Terrazzo". His life and work is explored through interviews with friends and colleagues.
Aug 1999
Using as a thread the transfer of the work Portrait of Luis Muñoz Marín from the Museum of Art of Puerto Rico to the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institute, the documentary explores the work and the creative process of the artist Francisco Rodón and the series of portraits known as the Personajes de Rodón. The testimony of the artist is complemented by comments of history specialists and art critics Hiromi Shiba, Marimar Benítez, and Taína Caragol.
Oct 2015
Based on Enrique A. Laguerre's novel.
Jan 1991
Through interviews with friends, family, and colleagues, the documentary relates the life and career of Rafael Hernández, one of Puerto Rico’s most renowned and beloved composers of popular songs.
Jan 1992
A widowed man meets a younger woman at a bus stop.
Jan 2008
Illustrates the events of the Ponce Massacre through the life of one of the victims, Ulpiano Perea.
Oct 2004
Documentary that poses a profound and critical look at Puerto Rico. Has the progress that was promised with the Commonwealth been fullfilled or accomplished?
Apr 2005
Adaptation from Enrique A. Laguerre's novel "La llamarada". It depicts the struggles of Puerto Rican peons in the sugar cane fields during the 1930's.
Jun 2016
Satirical comedy about a jíbaro that moves from the country to the city and resists to change his rural customs. The film depicts family and emotional conflicts that Puerto Rico suffered due to Americanization.
Jan 2017
The Mora family has everything - great jobs, good schools for their kids, a beautiful home, nice cars. They suddenly find themselves facing a financial debacle and losing most of those things. Each member of the family deals with the crisis through their own way: humor, anger, faith, despair or holding on to love.
May 2016
Documentary about the life and work of noted journalist and writer, Nilita Vientós Gastón.
Jan 2002
Dec 2009
The Ponce Massacre took place on March 21, 1937 in Ponce, Puerto Rico, when a peaceful civilian march turned into a police shooting. 19 civilians and two policemen were killed, with more than 200 others wounded. It remains the largest massacre in post-Spanish imperial history in Puerto Rico.
There are over 100,000 dogs living in the streets of Puerto Rico. Why? This Emmy winning documentary is an in-depth investigation about the current situation of animal abandonment in the island.
Sep 2010
Bautista is a taxicab driver that has been rented by a woman named Ada. Ada wants him to drive her to the other side of the island with the condition that he doesn't take any other passengers and that he drives her to get some guavas. During the trip, Bautista, a driver for more than 44 years, becomes a storyteller. He tells Ada different stories that he has heard all related to the exotic guava fruit. These stories begin to take life while Bautista tells them, giving us a whimsical touch of magical realism with a Caribbean twist, and showing how fragile the circumstances these characters live are.
Oct 2010
Don Leoncio, a conservative old man, demands that his only son, Dionisio, marry and start a family if he wants to inherit his fortune. But Dionisio is gay and has a partner, Tony. Hiding his homosexuality is straining his relationship with Tony, but admitting it would cost him his inheritance.
Sep 2017
Alex, a 10 year old child, faces the trauma of his parents' divorce, a new home, neighborhood, and school. Alex dreams of being a famous ballplayer like his father, but the instability of his new life makes him an insecure child and unable to recognize his talent. The arrival of Zompi, a virtual intelligent animal, transforms and helps him overcome all his fears.
The documentary consists of 10 self-portrait stories elaborated by participants of the Matria Project. Matria has been a space of transformation and empowerment for women in Puerto Rico.
Apr 2016
A young clown decides to abandon the small-town circus he works for in order to try and make it in a big city.
Nov 2006
The Orama Family, coffee growers for generations in the central mountain region of Puerto Rico, cherish their traditions and their famous gourmet coffee. The entire household is abuzz preparing for the wedding of Isabel, the youngest daughter. The bride, however, is getting cold feet and plans to run away on the eve of her wedding.
Feb 2010