El Coquí: The Mission of Dr. Gilberto Concepción de Gracia (Short Documentary)

Dr. Gilberto Concepción de Garcia (1909-1968) was a lawyer, journalist, author, politician and founder of the Puerto Rican Independence Party. As a young and promising lawyer, Concepción de Garcia came to New York City in 1936 with a mission: to defend Nationalist Party President Pedro Albizu Campos, and other nationalists imprisoned and accused of sedition, against the United States government in Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rican and United States politics colliding and forcing the community to take sides; the Ponce Massacre effects spilling over outside the island; the Harlem Riots facing blacks and Hispanics; Spaniard exiles looking for supporters in a Civil War, prelude to World War II and community and family matters all wove together to capture this time period.


Written, narrated and edited by me. (Jose Lamour)

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