Jerry Segarra
Explores old age, death, economic hardship and homosexuality, its acceptance and tolerance.
The famous fairy tale of Cinderella is adapted to our times, considering as background the present situation of Puerto Rican coffee growers. The story is set in Lares, Puerto Rico, at a time close to Christmas. Miosotis’s father has died and Ava Rice, his widow, wants to sell his family coffee farm to a foreign company, whose monopoly on the island continues to displace the country's coffee growers.
Inspired on the true story of drug lord José Figueroa Agosto, commonly known as Junior Cápsula. A Puerto Rican drug convict escapes from jail and flees to Santo Domingo, where he continues his drug business and meets a woman who becomes his lover.
Human needs are explored in a group of adolescents who find themselves in a tutorial room in preparation for the university's entrance exam. This film aims for youths to reflect on their way of thinking and acting.
An inside look at the play "El Grito de Lares: a moment in history", presented every year on the eve of the event. Includes interviews with the cast and crew of the play.
Three stories of teenagers who are exposed to drugs and violence.
A drama showing infidelity from the unique perspective of women. The one who was betrayed, the one who does it for fun, the obsessed, and the one on the verge of committing an infidelity, all presented without judgment about what is right and what is wrong.
Robert and Juliana are very much in love and plan to marry, but Juliana's father opposes the marriage because there is a debt pending.
Two love stories intertwine the past and present Puerto Rico. In the first, the only woman in history to be sentenced to death in the island. In the second, an accident completely changes the life of a pianist, who must get used to his new physical situation.
It deals with eating disorders affecting the Puerto Rican society, particularly children.
Families gather to receive the New Year. But this meeting brings a series of confessions that will make for a very peculiar evening.
Based on a true story, Jossie is a young Puerto Rican mother, who is a victim of her husband's aggression. She decides to divorce him and leave the circle of violence in which they live. However, her ex-husband's obsessive jealousy and his thirst for revenge will eventually destroy her.
Portrays two wealthy families who encourage the acquisition of money through the easy way and the effects of their illicit actions. In their eagerness to maintain their social level, one of the families neglects their daughter, thinking that money is everything. The other maintains making money as north because they come from a poor social stratum.
Two stories intersect, with violence as a common axis. An inside look into the world of youth boxing, full of championship illusions, combined with jealousy and envy.
Four stories with the intention to make the people reflect on their actions, decisions, and how they affect others around them.
A 15-year-old girl and her father join an old friend on an island off the coast of Puerto Rico for the most spectacular solar eclipse in modern history. The characters are affected by the eclipse and somehow come undone.
Frank Anderson is a successful consulter, wealthy, with no problems. He gets bored of his perfect life and decides that he need problems in his life. Then he gets his hands on a box and in less that 24 hours his life turns upside down. All hell breaks loose for Frank, as he tries to get rid of the box for his problems to end.
Located in a popular neighborhood, three stories are interwoven by means of violence. The struggles and vicissitudes of a group of young people seeking to get out of the negative environment that threatens to consume their lives is portrayed. Inspired by the true story of Ricky, a trumpeter student who was murdered.
Honeymooning with her husband Ben, Nina returns to the Caribbean island she left years ago for a new life. The two enjoy perfect love on a deserted beach until the past catches up with them.
Five prominent politicians are celebrating the bachelor party of one of them, but an accident occurs and a person dies. Now everyone is involved.
An inspiring, realistic portrayal of a group of female workers struggling to keep their jobs at a doomed Puerto Rican cannery. The volatile atmosphere worsens when their boss is found murdered one morning. As the investigation goes on and each of the women is questioned, the strain puts their friendship to the ultimate test.
In an ex-alumni meeting, five friends meet and acknowledge their regret that they have not been able to get out of life what they always proposed. An approach to freedom and solidarity among all women despite men.
The death and burial of the patriarch of a Vega Baja family provokes the reunion of all his sons and wives, who have been estranged for six years. They all gather for his funeral with ulterior purposes, but attend the meeting amidst a hurricane alert for Puerto Rico.
