Documentary Films

Making The Impossible Possible Making The Impossible Possible MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE tells the story of the student led struggle to win Puerto Rican Studies at Brooklyn College, CUNY, in the late 1960’s.	Detroit 48202: Conversations Along a Postal Route Detroit 48202: Conversations Along a Postal Route A man, a postal route, a changing city. Detroit 48202: Conversations Along a Postal Route explores history and change in Detroit, through the lens of African American postal worker, Wendell Watkins, and the customers he has built ties with over 30 years on his route.
Cuban Roots/Bronx Stories Cuban Roots/Bronx Stories Highlights the historical journey of an Afro-Cuban family, from Jamaica, to Cuba, to the Bronx, revealing that the Cuban-American experience is more diverse, racially and ideologically, than we are often led to believe.	With a Stroke of the Chaveta With a Stroke of the Chaveta A poetic documentary short that leaves us wondering where to draw the line between "worker" and "intellectual."
Disobeying Orders: G.I. Resistance to The Vietnam War Disobeying Orders: G.I. Resistance to The Vietnam War Focuses on the antiwar movement within the armed forces during the Vietnam War.	Remembering the Mamoncillo Remembering the Mamoncillo The history and cultural importance of the Recordando el Mamoncillo festival and El Club Cubano is brought to life by dance scenes, testimonies of long-time members of the club and musical performances by Chico Alvarez y su Palo Monte, Son Sublime, the Charanga All-Stars, and Orquesta Broadway.

News

Cuban Roots Bronx Stories Archive Goes to Schomburg Library

October 23, 2024

It was a proud day in August, 2024 when we delivered the archives of Cuban Roots Bronx Stories to the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. All the original footage and interviews filmed in the Bronx and in Cuba will be digitized and made available to researchers interested in Afrolatinidad, Cuba, the 1960s Bronx, and US-Cuban relations. Pictured with the cart of goods are film protagonist Pablo Foster, Director Pam Sporn, and Shola Lynch, Curator of Moving Images and Recorded Sound.