Brincando el Charco: Portrait of a Puerto Rican

Brincando el Charco: Portrait of a Puerto Rican 1994 Directed by Frances Negrón Muntaner

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.

Country USA

Production Countries Puerto Rico , USA

Language English

Spoken Language English

Gnere Drama

Production Company Hipsic Productions

Release Date 2 January 1994

57 mins