Caribbean Eye: Auteur Cinema from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic

The Caribbean is the site of an emerging and dynamic film culture. In the last decade, films by a new generation of Caribbean filmmakers have won recognition at international film festivals, found more distribution than ever before, and surprised viewers around the world with new stories. Three screenings invite Cincinnati audiences to watch films by some of the best Puerto Rican and Dominican directors working today and participate in deep conversations with the filmmakers.

After the success of his first film The Sparring Partner, Puerto Rican director Gustavo Ramos Perales presents his new film, Feet in the Sand, which tells the story of how two immigrants in Puerto Rico strive to consolidate their lives in a new country. In Rafaela, directed by Tito Rodríguez, Judith Rodríguez delivers an intense and affecting performance as a female gang leader forced to live a violent life that contrasts with her real desires. All the Flowers, an observational documentary about the trans community in the Santa Fe neighborhood of Bogotá, Colombia, by Puerto Rican filmmaker Carmen Oquendo, took ten years to make and was supported by grants from the Ford Foundation, the Guggenheim, and the Sundance Institute.

This program is hosted by the Woodward with the participation of Cindependent and additional sponsorship from the Faculty Enrichment Center at the University of Cincinnati. 

Screening Schedule:
October 15 7:00–9:30pm
October 21 7:00–9:30pm
October 22 3:30–6:00pm (at The George and Ellen Digitorium, Griffin Hall, Northern Kentucky University)
October 28 7:00–9:30pm