Jaime Barrios

This documentary analyzes the origins of the Puerto Rican economic development plan of the 1960’s, better known as Manos a la Obra (or Operation Bootstrap). The film examines this economic plan within the framework of Puerto Rican society, with special emphasis on the mass migration of Puerto Ricans to the mainland.

Film dedicated to the American artist Andy Warhol.

An intimate portrait of the South American poet Nicanor Parra, reading his poetry and talking with friends. Made during Parra's visit to the YMHA Poetry Center in New York. "... a series of punches to the solar plexus – physical, moral, audio and visual – of the audience." - The Sunday Magazine, Santiago, Chile.

A day in the life of Enrique Vargas' Guerilla Theater. A short, personal look at radical street theater in New York City.

A documentary about a high school dropout. Uses scenes and narrative from movies which he made to show how his attitude toward learning was changed from apathy to zeal by his movie-making experiences.

The growing excitement of a group of Puerto Rican teenagers at a storefront film workshop (Young Filmmakers) on New York's Lower East Side, creating their own films and showing them in the streets to young people throughout New York City. The interesting relationship between these filmmakers, their supporting social service institutions and personnel and the television media; plus details of the production of the first Puerto Rican Western, The Revenge.

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