Water Strike
(Golpe de agua)
Carla Cavina | Documentary
2024 | 80 minutes | Puerto Rico
Focusing on the Puerto Rican experience after Hurricane Maria's 2017 devastation, the documentary opens a window to the past to visualize the future.
Synopsis
An existential documentary that reflects on the vision of “progress” that governments cling to in times of climate change. Focusing on the personal and collective experience lived in Puerto Rico after the devastating passage of Hurricane Maria in 2017, the documentary opens a window to the past to visualize the future.
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"The documentary also proposes a reflection on the causes and consequences of climate phenomena, as well as their connection to political and social decisions." - José Rolón Martínez, El Vocero
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Puerto Rico Film Festival - Best Documentary; International Film Festival Panama; Chicago Latino Film Festival
DIRECTOR: Carla Cavina
NATIONALITY: Puerto Rico
YEAR: 2024
GENRE: Documentary
LANGUAGE: Spanish
COLOR / B&W: Color
GRADE LEVEL: Middle School, High School, College, Adult
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