Past Saturday, August 8th, I had the privilege of being invited to be one of the guests panelist for the Puerto Rico premier screening of the documentary Impresiones de Resistencia at the Museo de San Juan alongside Mercedes Trelles, Fernando Santiago and Javier Moreno. The documentary is 30 minutes long look at the history of prints dedicated to resist and fight against the colonial government and how it all started with a government program called the Division de educacion a la comunidad (Divedco) by Jack and Irene Delano in the early 1950s.
The documentary goes to interview contemporary artists who talk about their influence of the prints in their life and careers including a list of master printers like Antonio Martorell, Luis Abraham Ortiz, Haydee Landing and others with moderator Nicole from El Museo de San Juan and presented by Fraixa Albizu
The documentary produced by Hello Print Friend and Miranda Kielland Metcalf was filmed in Puerto Rico in 2025 and is now being introduced at film festivals.
If you haven't had the chance to see please be looking out to catch it as its a really great short look into our history and the baggage we have and express in our prints.
