Natasha Alford, the journalist behind the short film, shared with theGrio her process and intent behind the upcoming documentary. “I’m African American and Puerto Rican, and as somebody who lives at ...
When Richard Colon—better known as Crazy Legs from the Rock Steady Crew—saw the devastation that transpired after Hurricane Irma and Maria struck Puerto Rico in 2017, he knew he had to do something ...
A group of students from Jacksonville are back from Puerto Rico. They spent almost a week on the island working on a documentary about the recovery from Hurricane Maria. “Their voices were not getting ...
Director Cecilia Aldarondo wanted to make a film about disaster capitalism and how predatory people take advantage of the chaos to profit. Director Cecilia Aldarondo (“Memories of a Penitent Heart”) ...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - CBS News correspondent David Begnaud stopped by CBS2 to discuss his new documentary "Puerto Rico The Exodus after Hurricane Maria." It's been one year and a day since Hurricane ...
After Hurricane Maria devastated the island of Puerto Rico with Category 4-force winds in September 2017, government officials placed the death toll at 64, drawing intense criticism from experts and ...
Club Puertorriqueño de San Francisco is excited to present our first movie night! Free & open to the public! Join us for popcorn & treats! Moving in Place: A documentary featuring young Puerto Ricans ...
Walter Alomar, founder of the non-profit Organization for Culture of Hispanic Origins (OCHO), will host and discuss his multiple award-winning film on the history and current economic/political state ...
Latin America and the Caribbean received 95 percent of the Africans stolen during the trans-Atlantic slave trade. But what does it mean to be a descendent of those Africans today, in a world where ...
When Hurricane Maria blew across Puerto Rico in 2017, television news media descended to cover the disaster, filming the requisite scenes: wind lashing the island, infrastructure devastated, people ...
Esai Morales is urging his fellow Academy members to watch One on One, a short documentary about a school in rural Puerto Rico that turned around its dropout rate thanks to the tireless work of local ...