Sonia Fritz Movies

Explores the political and social realities that are currently lived in Puerto Rico.

Maria, 18 year old daughter of a single mother, decides to look for the father she has never met after her mother dies in a tragic accident. She...

Drama that includes recreated fragments of María de las Mercedes Barbudo, a Puerto Rican independence activist who was imprisoned by Governor...

Features the life of feminist Luisa Capetillo in late 19th and early 20th century Puerto Rico.

Deep inside, Manuel has always been Manuela. Amidst her worst love crisis, Manuela reinvents herself as Manuel in order to pass as the fiancé...

A scavenger fights for survival in what appears to be a deserted land, only to discover he isn't exactly alone.

This documentary examines the musical tastes of Puerto Rico's youth. The terms "cocolos" refers to those who prefer salsa music, and "rockeros" to...

América, a 30-year-old mother who lives in a remote Caribbean village, suffers the hardest hit when her lover takes her daughter from her....

The magical friendship between a deaf girl and a dragon turtle that helps her overcome her limitations and gain the community’s and other...

A TV reporter from Puerto Rico loses her son after her ex-husband Armando kidnaps him and takes him to the States. Angela must team up with a lawyer...

An upper middle class white young girl leaves her suburban family in shock when she moves in with her lover, an Afro-Latino trumpeter.

Documentary on the exodus of the Dominican illiterate laborers to Puerto Rico during the late 1980's to 1990. Focuses on the plight of Dominican...

Henry is an introverted young artist who, seeking to escape the banality and violence of urban life, begins to blur the distinction between fantasy...

Documents the life and musical production of Puerto Rican music composer, Tite Curet Alonso. Includes Tite Curet's last interview before his death.

Larry is an insecure man who finds the reason for his liberation after Ángel disappears in an inexplicable event. When Ángel reappears,...

New documentary by Mexican filmmaker Sonia Fritz about a forgotten town in Puerto Rico.

Focuses on children and young adults from disadvantaged communities that learn to play an instrument. Through this learning process, they overcome...

The daily life of a couple in a coastal town in Puerto Rico changes upon the arrival of an old friend whom they believed had perished in Vietnam. At...

Discusses the mass immigration to the United States from the Dominican Republic due to the poor economic conditions there. Includes interviews with...

This documentary explains from different perspectives the economic, industrial, and social development of Puerto Rico from 1940 -- with the Manos a...