Staff Picks: Inauguration Edition 2021
It’s almost the end of the first month of 2021, and just over a week since the U.S. saw a new president take office. In light of the occasion, some of us highlighted our favorite political films below!
They Killed Pedro
In the 1930s, a Harvard educated Black Puerto Rican faces off with the white Chief of Police on the island over island-wide strikes. What happens next forever alters the future of the colonized island.
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In the 1930s, a Harvard educated Black Puerto Rican faces off with the white Chief of Police on the island over island-wide strikes. What happens next forever alters the future of the colonized island.
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Kristian Mercado Figueroa
Director
Ismael Cruz Cordova
Pedro Albizu Campos
Juana Burga
Laura Meneses
David Koechner
Chief Riggs
Ian Rivera
Lost Boy
Sergio Cora
Policeman / Policia
Catalina Itzel Febus Cruz
Hija De Pedro Y Laura
Raymond Rassi
Juez
Pablo Tufiño
Cortador De Caña
Eddie Díaz Rivera
Cortador De Caña
Gary Leimkuhler
Governor Winship
René Monclova
Cortador De Caña (Voz)
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