1st Annual
International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival
November 19th, 2011
Poets Den Theater,
309 East 108 Street, NYC
DESCRIPTION:
Puerto Ricans in New York are like Mexicans to the Southwest. Puerto Ricans,
Boricuas, “Nuyoricans”, are the first and largest Spanish speaking cultural community in NYC.
It is through the sacrifices and achievements of Puerto Ricans that has made it possible for other
Spanish-speaking groups arrive and establish their own communities in New York City.
Today, El Barrio (The Neighborhood) is known as being “la cuna” the cradle of the Puerto
Rican community in the City and it is where they made their presence known to the world in the
ways of culture, arts, civic mindedness, politics, and economics. The self awareness of being a
part of a larger group serves as a catalyst not only to welcome other Spanish-speaking cultures
to the neighborhood, Mexicans, Dominicans, Central & South Americans, as well as other
ethnic minorities but to continue the legacy of the southern American continent, hemisphere, &
Caribbean to the area.
The First Annual International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival acknowledges the
presence & contributions Puerto Ricans, as Latin@s, in Spanish (East) Harlem. It seeks to
educate our audience on the richness of the Puerto Rican community; what Puerto Rican culture
and identity is about and how it is expressed in every facet of life and the arts. It is with a sense
of purpose and urgency that the creation, development, and mission of the festival are to crave
out an enclave of Latinos in “Spanish Harlem” and give tribute to Puerto Ricans.
MISSSION:
The mission of the International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival is to recognize the Puerto
Rican community’s place in the history of the City of New York as its first and largest Spanish-
speaking group to migrate & settle and who made it possible of other Caribbean & Latin
Americans to do the same. The festival also seeks to display and maintain the richness of Puerto
Rican cultural traditions, creative expressions, and contributions to the welfare and growth of the
United States.
Lastly, the International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival’s mission is to encourage
narrative and documentary film making for the purposes of archiving the continuous presence,
development, and contributions of Puerto Ricans, our culture, our tradition, our creative
(collective & individual) thought, and contribution to the social fabric of the global community.
1st Annual International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival
19 November, 2011
Poet’s Den
309 East 108th Street
Spanish Harlem-NY, New York
CONTACT:
International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival
Félix Leo Campos, Veronica Caicedo
iprhff@gmail.com
646 546 1901 / 917 541 9068
Press Release
Celebrate the heritage that is a large part of the fabric of NYC
The press is invited to attend the 1st Annual International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival. Pre-event interviews
with the festival founders & collaborators are available.
The festival was founded by Celebrating Puerto Rican Heritage Month, AfterDark CATV PRO and Caicedo Productions,
in collaboration with the East Harlem Film Society. The 1st Annual International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival will take place at the Poet’s Den, 309 East 108th Street on Saturday, November 19th, 2011. The event begins at noon
and will run continuously until midnight. We are proud to include up to 34 independent short films on Puerto Rico and
its people (including the Diaspora), or films on any subject with those of Puerto Rican heritage in key production roles.
Submission and registration information can be found at www.iprhff.com.
Those wishing to offer support by purchasing tickets can visit http://iprhff.eventbrite.com.
The First Annual International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival acknowledges the presence & contributions
of Puerto Ricans in Spanish (East) Harlem. It seeks to audiences on the richness of the Puerto Rican community; what
Puerto Rican culture and identity is about and how it is expressed in every facet of life, including the arts. This festival
was created with a sense of purpose and urgency towards the goal of giving tribute to Puerto Ricans while celebrating the
richness of Puerto Rican cultural traditions, creative expressions and contributions to the welfare and growth of the United
States.
The mission of the First Annual International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival is to recognize the Puerto Rican
community’s place in the history of the City of New York as its first and largest Spanish-speaking group to migrate &
settle; leading the way to the “cultural stew” for other Caribbean & Latin American peoples to do the same.
Please join us in our mission. Call our contacts for pre-event interviews with festival organizers and join us at the festival.
When: Saturday, November 19th, 2011
Time: 12:00 PM until 12:00 AM
Where: The Poet’s Den,
309 East 108th Street in Spanish Harlem
Screenings:
Panel Discussion Only:
All Day Pass:
$10
$5
$25
