Independent Film
Immune
In progress | Color | HD | 56min
Director, producer, writer
The video tells the story of how a small community in the Puerto Rican island of Vieques won the battle against the U.S. Navy's contaminating practices in 2003—but is still fighting. This time for a safe environment as the military remains immune to prosecution and free of responsibility in Vieques’ ongoing health crisis.
Distribution: Independent Television Service
War for Guam
2014 | Color | Mini-DV/Film | 56min
Director, producer, writer
The film tells the story of the native people of Guam, the Chamorros, who remained loyal to the U.S. under a brutal Japanese occupation only to be stripped of much of their ancestral lands to build military facilities after World War II. Through rarely seen archival footage, as well as testimonies of survivors and their descendants, War for Guam explores the experience and enduring legacy of World War II on the island.
Funded by Independent Television Service (ITVS), Guam Preservation Fund (GPT), Pacific Islanders in Communications (PIC), and Center for Asian American Media (formerly NAATA), among others.
Small City, Big Change
2013 | Color | HD | 10min 30sec
Director, producer, writer
A short about how a statewide LGBTQ grassroots advocacy organization and a Latino-led community organization in a small city leads to a huge policy win for the rights of Transgender people in Massachusetts.
Funded by Hispanics and Philanthropy and the Media and Idea Lab at Columbia University
Distribution: Polymorphous Pictures
Homeless Diaries
1996 | Hi-8 Video/Super-8 Film | 50min
Director, producer, writer, videographer
A video diary featuring the intertwined stories of the filmmaker's search for cultural belonging and a group of squatters' struggle for housing.
Distribution: Women Make Movies
Brincando el charco: Portrait of a Puerto Rican
1994 | Color | 16mm | 56min 30sec
Director, producer, writer, actor
An experimental narrative on Puerto Rican identities in the diaspora.
Funded by Independent Television Service (ITVS) and National Latino Communications Center (NLCC), among others. Distributed by Women Make Movies.
- Whitney Biennial - New York, 1995; Denmark, 1996
- Latin American Studies Association Film Festival Merit Selection – 1995
- San Juan CinemaFest Audience Award – 1995
Distribution: The Cinema Guild
AIDS in the Barrio: Eso no me pasa a mi
1989 | Color | 16mm | 29min
Director, producer, writer
A documentary on the socioeconomic and cultural context of the AIDS epidemic in a Latino Philadelphia neighborhood.
Funded by the City of Philadelphia and Phoebe Haas Fund, among others.
- John Muir Medical Film Festival First Place – 1990
