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This edition: Season 1/Episode 6: Semilla Cultural, Rodriguez Calero "RoCa", El Encuentro





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Episode Details

First aired: November 7, 2017.

Semilla Cultural: Semilla Cultural was formed in 2014 by Isha M. Renta to keep the tradition of Puerto Rican bomba music and dance alive and growing. As part of a larger revival of bomba and plena, Semilla Cultural helps members of the diaspora stay connected to an important part of their heritage.

Rodriguez Calero "RoCa": With a career spanning over 25 years, Rodriguez Calero gives insight into her creative process, including her breathtaking work in collage. As the first female Nuyorican artist to receive an in-depth survey show at El Museo del Barrio, Calero is celebrated for the challenging, universal themes in her art.

El Encuentro: In 2016, Centro hosted the first-ever gathering of Puerto Rican LGBT activists, scholars, and leaders as part of a diaspora summit series that began as a response to the economic crisis. El Encuentro focused on the way forward for both the Puerto Rican community and the LGBT community in its ongoing struggle for justice and equality.

  • About this series

  • Puerto Rican Voices is an investigative TV documentary series about colonialism in Puerto Rico. In the aftermath of hurricane María, the island has struggled to get back on its feet, and instead of getting more prepared in the wake of climate change, Puerto Rico finds itself in an even more fragile state. It is within this environment that the government puts forward a privatization agenda, providing unprecedented tax breaks to investors. This five-part series explores the energy crisis, pollution, displacement, and economic precarity, resulting from a decade-long recession, and the aftershocks of hurricane María. Looking at the intersections of resilience, and resistance, Puerto Rican Voices provides a map to the ongoing issues of Puerto Rico. 

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