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This edition: Season 2/Episode 11: Caribbean Social Club; Semilla Arts Initiative; AfroTaino Productions





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Episode Details

First aired: March 27, 2018.

Tonita's Caribbean Social Club was Founded in 1973 as a food and music hangout for baseball teams in the area, today the Caribbean Social Club is a gathering place for generations of Puerto Ricans, newcomers and the well-settled.

The Semilla Arts Initiative of Philadelphia, co-founded by Betsy Casanas, is a grassroots initiative that uses art as a catalyst for social change.

Marangeli Mejia-Rabell, founder of the Philadelphia-based organization AfroTaino Productions, learn about the work she and her organizations does to organize, curate, and produce events for the Puerto Rican community.

  • 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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