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Documentaries from Puerto Rico!

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SEP
24
2024

Time: 1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Location: Carman Hall - CA, B26

Audience: Alumni, Faculty, Staff, Students, Visitors

Admission: Free and open to the community!

Contact Organizer

Professor Magdalena Sagardía

718-960-8675 magdalena.sagardia@lehman.cuny.edu
We will be hosting the screening of two documentaries by members of ADocPR (Association of Documentary Filmmakers of Puerto Rico) and a Q&A with the films’ directors and ADocPR’s President about the films’ production process, the importance of documentary filmmaking and the telling of alternative stories from the archipelago of Puerto Rico.
Santiago of the Women narrates the daily drama and the devotion of Loíza women to the image of Santiago Apostle. Stories intertwined with the celebrations in honor of the "saint" shaping the spirituality of a town, the relationship between the past and present, social, physical and geographical transformations and, the character, vitality and cultural resistance of the “loiceña” women as a pillar of the community.
  
Todavía la semilla is short documentary produced by Para La Naturaleza/For Nature - Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico - telling a captivating story about the importance of reforestation, with Puerto Rico's native and endemic trees as protagonists.