Brincando el Charco: Portrait of Puerto Rican


55m 1994

Brief Synopsis

An experimental narrative on contemporary Puerto Rican ideas which blends fiction, archival footage, processed interviews, and soap opera convention to tell the story of Claudia Marin, a middle-class light-skinned Puerto Rican photographer as she attempts to construct community in the U.S.

Film Details

Genre
Experimental
Release Date
1994

Technical Specs

Duration
55m

Synopsis

An experimental narrative on contemporary Puerto Rican ideas which blends fiction, archival footage, processed interviews, and soap opera convention to tell the story of Claudia Marin, a middle-class light-skinned Puerto Rican photographer as she attempts to construct community in the U.S.

Film Details

Genre
Experimental
Release Date
1994

Technical Specs

Duration
55m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Shown at Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival September 1-14, 1995.

Shown at International Gay & Lesbian Pride Film Festival in Tampa, FL September 29 - October 8, 1995.

Shown at New York Lesbian & Gay Film Festival June 1-11, 1995.

Shown at OUTFEST '95: The Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival July 6-16, 1995.

Shown at Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival July 11-21, 1996.

Shown at San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival June 9-18, 1995.

Shown at Women in the Director's Chair International Film & Video Festival in Chicago March 9-12, 1995.

Shown in New York City (Film Charas) July 23, 1996.

16mm

dialogue Spanish

subtitled English