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

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