LANDFALL

GRAND JURY PRIZE - DOC NYC | BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - Boston Latino International Film Festival | BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - Guanajuato International Film Festival Latinx Studies • Capitalism and Economic Inequality • Climate Change/Environmental Issues • (Post)Colonial Studies  Date of Completion: 2020 | Run Time: 93 minutes​​ | Language: English/Spanish | Captions: Yes | Includes: Transcript and Discussion Guide (Available Upon Purchase) | Director: Cecilia Aldarondo | Producer: Ines Hofmann Kanna Through shard-like glimpses of everyday life in post-Hurricane María Puerto Rico, LANDFALL is a cautionary tale for our times. Set against the backdrop of protests that toppled the US colony’s governor in 2019, the film offers a prismatic portrait of collective trauma and resistance. While the devastation of María attracted a great deal of media coverage, the world has paid far less attention to the storm that preceded it: a 72-billion-dollar debt crisis crippling Puerto Rico well before the winds and waters hit. LANDFALL examines the kinship of these two storms—one environmental, the other economic—juxtaposing competing utopian visions of recovery. Featuring intimate encounters with Puerto Ricans as well as the newcomers flooding the island, LANDFALL reflects on a question of contemporary global relevance: when the world falls apart, who do we become?