Hector chats with Frances Negrón-Muntaner, the distinguished Puerto Rican filmmaker, scholar and professor at Columbia University, where she is the founding director of the Media and Idea Lab. Topics include: aging in prison, her recent Valor y Cambio project in Puerto Rico, community currency, storytelling, AIDS, activism, Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rico’s status question, and Arturo Schomburg.
Prof. Negrón-Muntaner has edited and authored several books, including Puerto Rico Jam: Rethinking Colonialism and Nationalism and Boricua Pop: Puerto Ricans and the Latinization of American Culture. Her films include Bricando el charco: Portrait of a Puerto Rican, War for Guam, Small City, Big Change, and Life Outside.
For more information on Valor y Cambio, visit valorycambio.org. You can also visit her personal site, francesnegronmuntaner.com, or follow her on Twitter at @imfrancesnegron.