Brincando el Charco: Portrait of a Puerto Rican (1994)
Contemplates the notion of "identity" through the experiences of a Puerto Rican woman living in the US. In a wonderful mix of fiction, archival footage, processed interviews and soap opera drama, the film tells the story of Claudia Marin, a middle-class, light-skinned, lesbian Puerto Rican photographer / videographer who is attempting to construct a sense of community in the US. Confronting the simultaneity of both her privilege and her oppression, this experimental narrative becomes a meditation on class, race, and sexuality as shifting differences.
Released: Jan 02, 1994
Runtime: 57 minutes
Genre: Drama
Stars: Frances Negrón Muntaner, Natalia Lazarus, Zulma González, Toni Cade Bambara
Crew: Frances Negrón Muntaner (Director), Frances Negrón Muntaner (Writer), Frances Negrón Muntaner (Producer), Jim Denault (Director of Photography), Chris Emmanouilides (Director of Photography), Valerie Keller (Editor)