1. Latin American Film
Cinema of Puerto Rico

2. Early Years 1912-1950
 In 1912 Rafael
Colorado D’Assoy
recorded the first non-
documentary film
titled Un Drama En
puerto Rico

3. 1950-1970 Puerto Rico
Cinema
 The first truly Puerto
Rican film, in 1953’s
Los Peloteros,
featured a Puerto
Rican cast and was
based on a real story.

4. 1980’s -Present
 During the 80’s,
Puerto Rican began
submitting films for
consideration to the
Academy Awards for
Best Foreign Film such
as La Gran Fiesta