Brincando el charco : portrait of a Puerto Rican / produced, written, and directed by Frances Negrón-Muntaner ; Hipspic Productions ; a co-presentation of National Latino Communications Center and Independent Television Service.

Brincando el charco contemplates the notion of "identity" through the experiences of a Puerto Rican woman living in New York. In a mix of fiction, archival footage, processed interviews and soap opera drama, this film tells the story of Claudia Marin, a middle-class, light-skinned Puerto Rican, lesb...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Camacho, Loyda D. (Composer, composer (expression),)
Fluellen, Jay (Composer, composer (expression),)
Corporate Authors: Hipspic Productions (Production company)
National Latino Communications Center (Presenter)
Independent Television Service (Presenter)
Women Make Movies (Firm) (Film distributor)
Other Authors: Negrón-Muntaner, Frances (Screenwriter, Film director, Film producer, Actor)
Lazarus, Natalia (Actor)
Bambara, Toni Cade (Actor)
González, Zulma (Actor)
Keller, Valerie (Editor of moving image work)
Denault, Jim, 1960- (director of photography.)
Emmanouilides, Chris (director of photography.)
Language:English
Spanish
Language of the Original:
English
Spanish
Language and/or Writing System:
In English, and Spanish with English subtitles.
Published: [New York] : [Women Make Movies], [2008?]
Subjects:
Puerto Rican women.
Puerto Ricans > New York (State) > New York.
Puerto Rican lesbians.
Hispanic American lesbians.
Lesbians > United States.
Lesbians.
Puerto Ricans.
New York (State) > New York.
United States.
Experimental films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Genre:
Experimental films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (55 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Portrait of a Puerto Rican
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Brincando el charco contemplates the notion of "identity" through the experiences of a Puerto Rican woman living in New York. In a mix of fiction, archival footage, processed interviews and soap opera drama, this film tells the story of Claudia Marin, a middle-class, light-skinned Puerto Rican, lesbian, photographer/videographer who is attempting to construct a sense of community in the U.S.
Note:This disc is a recorded DVD and may fail to play on some DVD equipment.
Program content, c1994.
Call Number:E184.P85 B75 2008 VideoDVD
Credits:Directors of photography, Jim Denault, Chris Emmanouilides ; editor, Valerie Keller ; original music score, Loyda Camacho, Jay Fluellen.
System Details:Recorded DVD; NTSC; all regions; 4:3 full screen; stereo.
Cast:
F. Negrón-Muntaner, Natalia Lazarus, Toni Cade Bambara, Zulma González.