Brincando el charco : portrait of a Puerto Rican / Hipspic Productions ; National Latino Communications Center, Independent Television Service ; produced, written, and directed by Frances Negrón-Muntaner.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Negrón-Muntaner, Frances, director, producer, author.

Lazarus, Natalia, actor.

Camacho, Loyda D., composer.

Fluellen, Jay, composer.

Hipspic Productions, producer.

National Latino Communications Center, producer.

Independent Television Service, producer.

Women Make Movies (Firm), distributor.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Puerto Rican women--Drama.

Puerto Rican women.

Lesbians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Drama.

Lesbians.

Puerto Ricans.

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Puerto Ricans--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Genre:

Drama.

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videocassette (55 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 1/2 in.

1/2 in.

Other Title:

Portrait of a Puerto Rican

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Distributed by Women Make Movies, 1994.

Language Note:

In English and Spanish with English subtitles.

System Details:

VHS - NTSC

analog

magnetic

stereo

VHS

Summary:

Brincando el charco contemplates the notion of "identity" through the experiences of a Puerto Rican woman living in Philadelphia. In a mix of fiction, archival footage, processed interviews and soap opera drama, this film tells the story of Claudia Marin, a middle-class, light-skinned Puerto Rican, lesbian, photographer/videographer who is attempting to construct a sense of community in the U.S.

Participant:

Frances Negrón-Muntaner, Natalia Lazarus.

Credits:

Director of photography, Jim Denault, Chris Emmanouilides ; editor, Valerie Keller ; music, Loyda Camacho, Jay Fluellen.

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1994.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

OCLC:

33313860