Puerto Rico Movies

Peggy Robles-Alvarado is a Jerome Hill Foundation Fellow in Literature, a Latinx Playwrights Circle Fellow, and a three-time International Latino...

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

A boy meets a new friend thanks to a bouncing ball.

We Are Still Here is a student-made documentary from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez campus (UPRM) about the lives and experiences of...

Criminal womanizer Toño Bicicleta is still being persecuted by the law, but cannot ignore his hunger for new blood. Any false move could mean...

Luis Enrique, the most famous betta fish fighter in the world, holds a betta fish fighting tournament in Puerto Rico.

Musings about what it means to travel, let the imagination fly, and to escape from reality. Combines documentary footage, animation on paper, and...

This work recreates the spirit of frustration and is the result of scratching and painting the tiny super 8 mm frame without magnification. The...

A concert pianist gets caught in a love triangle with two college students.

Two couples see their lives transformed after the tragedy of losing a child. Both families face the loss in their own way, allowing feelings of...

Rhesus Monkeys of Santiago Island, Puerto Rico" (1966) is an in-depth documentary that explores the establishment and subsequent study of a rhesus...

Presents a socio-economic analysis of present day Puerto Rico. Uses archival footage, re-enactments of historic events, and interviews with...

As Puerto Rico falls deeper and deeper into an unprecedented crisis this is Vietnam’s story, a community or barrio located on the coast of...

A documentary that reflects on the vision of 'progress' that governments cling to in times of climate change, focusing on the personal and collective...

After a failed attempt to connect with his son, Andrés confronts an entity that feeds from his loneliness.

This gritty documentary takes you inside the legendary Oso Blanco, the most feared prison of Puerto Rico and one of the most notorious in the...

Experimental Super 8 film featuring animated 3-D puppets based on the characters in Picasso’s painting.

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.

A reflection Puerto Rican’s initial reaction to the aftermath of hurricane Maria captured through interviews filmed two months into the chaos...