By ARNALDO J. LÓPEZ I choose to lead from a place of learning and generosity. This idea was first impressed upon me by my mother, who was a teacher in Puerto Rico’s urban public school system, and by my grandmother on my father’s side, with whom I lived formative years in the rural mountainside town…
FREE ONLINE – Watch Now – Los Pleneros de La 21 (LP21) teams up with Pregones/PRTT to breathe new life into its 32nd Annual GRAN FIESTA NAVIDEÑA, brought online as a hybrid event featuring LP21’s beloved repertoire of música navideña followed by an interactive charla and celebration with members of LP21, our Emcee Sandra García Rivera, and YOU — our live “digital” audience. Tune in on social media platforms and public access cable tv channels of BronxNet Community Television. Ready your coquito! — WATCH NOW!
FREE ONLINE – 9:30pm on December 2, 2020 – Bronx Film Wednesdays presents TU REAL NATURALEZA (Your True Nature), the story and life journey of Colombian author, raw food chef, holistic wellness advocate, and plane crash survivor Gissela Torrella. “To achieve optimal health in a natural way, it is necessary for your body to wake up to the powerful capacity of self-healing that it possesses.” The film is constructed in four parts: Cuerpo/Body, Mente/Mind, Emociones/Emotions and Espíritu/Spirit. Hosted by BronxNet’s Sonyi Lopez and featuring interview with filmmaker Miguel Miller. – SAVE THE DATE!
FREE ONLINE – Mondays 7:30pm on November 23, November 30, and December 7, 2020 – South Bronx favorite outdoors series STAGE GARDEN RUMBA goes digital to kick off the holidays in Boogie Down style! Live interventions by more than 30 theater, music, dance, literary, and social change champs edited into 3 must-see 30-minute programs to be broadcast on Pregones/PRTT social platforms and public access cable network of BronxNet Community Television. Our three hosts in order of appearance: Christin Eve Cato, Rob Vassilarakis, and Caridad de La Luz. — SAVE THE DATES!
FREE ONLINE – 9:30pm on November 4, 2020 – Bronx Film Wednesdays presents a stunning collection of short films from Puerto Rico in partnership with CineFiesta–Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Puerto Rico and Pregones/PRTT’s own 21 Islands International Short Film Festival. Featuring Glorimar Marrero Sánchez’s BIOPSIA, Joel Pérez Irizarry’s EL REGALO, Lynnie Feliciano Vélez’s BOLERO, Federico Torres Fernández’s EL EXTRAORDINARIO SR. JÚPITER, and David Norris’ LA FOTO DE PAPÁ. Hosted by BronxNet’s Sonyi Lopez. – SAVE THE DATE!
FREE ONLINE – 7:30pm on January 4 & 11, 2021 – Two-part encore brodcast of frank conversation between four powerful women who have united with passion for their craft and a shared commitment to inclusion and justice. Moderated by Marinieves Alba and featuring Puerto Rico’s Adriana Santoni Rodríguez (Plena Combativa), Gloriann Sacha Antonetty Lebrón (Revista Étnica), Oakland’s Denis Solis (LGBTQIA activist, union organizer and bomberx), and the Twin Cities’ Maria Isa Perez-Hedges (Youth activist, community organizer, Hip Hop Emcee and Bombera) on issues of race, gender, equity, politics, and music. – TUNE IN!
FREE ONLINE – 9:30pm on October 7, 2020 – Bronx Film Wednesdays goes digital with new monthly screenings online and on BronxNet cable channels. This month we are wearing our flashiest attire for MARIACHIS CON PANTALONES, the story of Grammy winning musicians Mireya Ramos and Shea Fiol, key members of popular all-women Mariachi Flor de Toloache. Directed by Sonia Fritz, the short doc is paired with award-winning films from Cuba and Puerto Rico, in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. – SAVE THE DATE!
FREE ONLINE – 7:30pm on October 15, 2020 – We are proud to partner with Latinx Playwrights Circle and Darrel Alejandro Holnes for the Inaugural Edition of this brand new theater commission and festival. Five extraordinary AFRO/BLACK LATINX WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS take first honors in 2020: Christin Eve Cato, Julissa Contreras, Candice D’Meza, Shenny De Los Angeles, and Rachel Lynett. New short plays, innovative in form, that reflect the times — bold, brave, and bubbling with energy to meet any and all challenges! — RSVP NOW!
FREE ONLINE – 9:30pm on September 2, 2020 – Bronx Film Wednesdays goes digital with new monthly screenings online and on BronxNet cable channels. Kicking off the new format is a gem documentary from Puerto Rico: WONDER WOMAN ON WHEELS is an uplifting documentary about a woman who will not let disability stop her from breaking the world’s record for largest group hug! Directed by Omar Camilo, the feature is paired with award-winning shorts from Tenerife, United Kingdom, and Hawai’i. – SAVE THE DATE!
FREE ONLINE – August 3-5, 2020 – SolFest 2020: Virtual Edition is three nights of extraordinary Latinx theater, dialogue, and celebration for pandemic times! Produced in partnership with The Sol Project with Plays At Home and North Star Projects. Featuring commissioned short plays by Virginia Grise, juliany taveras, and Cándido Tirado; sneak peek of CARLA’S QUINCE by The Voting Project Ensemble; a new mockumentary by Christine Eve Cato; A SolFest Playwrights Panel; and much, much more! Three jam-packed nights. — RSVP NOW!