06 Jun 2016
La llamarada
Adaptation from Enrique A. Laguerre's novel "La llamarada". It depicts the struggles of Puerto Rican peons in the sugar cane fields during the 1930's.
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A nostalgic lens into the millennial youth of the 2010s.
The end of a friendship between two fellow musicians torn by the harsh realities of adulthood in the Puerto Rican art scene.
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Lydiette Bonilla
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