COMIDA PA’ LOS POBRES
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Synopsis
Through Los Comedores Sociales de Puerto Rico, a platform he created in 2012, Giovanni Roberto has fed hundreds of Puerto Rican families. Having known food scarcity in his own life, he pushes every day for community solidarity to manage the hunger that the government of Puerto Rico neglects. Comida pa’ los pobres is a portrait of this young man who inspires people to actively participate in the creation of a solidarity-oriented work movement, as he also fights for government agencies to understand that he only seeks to give food to the poor.
Comida Pa’ Los Pobres screens as part of the shorts program People, Places, on Sunday, June 27 at 6:00 pm.
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About the Director
Arleen Cruz-Alicea is a Puerto Rican director and producer of documentary and narrative films, and a cinema advocate. Among her credits she is director of Cuentas pendientes (Unsettled Accounts), Anatomía de las canas (Anatomy of the Crone Goddess), and is the producer of Perfume de gardenias, a narrative film that will premiere this summer at Tribeca Film Festival. Comida pa’ los pobres is part of the Hindsight Project, a collaboration between Firelight Media, Reel South and CAAM. She was President for AdocPR (Puerto Rico Documentary Association), coordinated their educational and lobbying initiatives, and produced the first edition of AdocPR Lab.
