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This edition: Season 2/Episode 5: Dr. Marta Moreno Vega, Sonia Manzano, Maria Dominguez - The Muralist





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Episode Details

First aired: February 6, 2018.

Dr. Marta Moreno Vega founded the Caribbean Cultural Center and African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI) in 1976, author, an academic, and very recently, the inspiration for a Marvel comics issue focusing on Taíno culture and Puerto Rican identity.

Beloved for her iconic role as Maria on Sesame Street, Sonia Manzano talks about her difficult upbringing, being a Latina role model on television, and her writing career.

This segemnt explores the creative process used by Puerto Rican community muralist, María Domínguez, and students from I.S. 406 in East Harlem/El Barrio in Manhattan, New York.

Guest List

Maria Dominguez Illustrator, “Sofi and the Magic, Musical Mural”

Sonia Manzano Actress, “Sesame Street”

Dr. Marta Moreno Vega Founder and President, The Franklin H. Williams Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCADI)

  • 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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