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The dance film "Entre Puerto Rico y Richmond: Women in Resistance Shall Not Be Moved" links interrelated histories of racism and colonial capitalism in Virginia and Puerto Rico. Filmed in a former American Tobacco Company warehouse, the film honors the spirit of resistance and liberation of Black female tobacco stemmers who worked in segregated facilities in Richmond and invokes Puerto Rican tobacco factory readers and radical activists Dominga de La Cruz Becerril (1909-1981) and Luisa Capetillo (1879-1922), as inspiration for the present. The film is bilingual (Spanish and English) with subtitles and combines biography, poetry, and ritual, with the energy of live performance.

"Entre Puerto Rico y Richmond: Women in Resistance Shall Not Be Moved" was directed by Alicia Díaz and co-created with dramaturg Patricia Herrera, dance artists Christine Wyatt and Christina Leoni-Osion, interdisciplinary artist Luis Vasquez La Roche, percussionist Héctor "Coco" Barez, actor / singer Yaraní del Valle, and produced and edited by David Riley. Videography by Departure Point Films. Color and Sound correction by Digital Fruit Snax.

Commissioned for the 2020 exhibit "Commonwealth" at the Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU (ICA@VCU) in collaboration with Philadelphia Contemporary and Beta Local (Puerto Rico). On view Sept. 12-Jan. 17, 2020. Curators Stephanie Smith and Noah Simblist. Additional support from The University of Richmond.

Year
2020

Runtime (min)
17:21

AWARDS
The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival, June 2021:
Vanguard Award for Outstanding Experimental Film

Utah Dance Film Festival, May 2021:
1st Place Original Music

WRPN Women’s International Film Festival, April 2021:
Excellence Award for Art-House Film

Logcinema Art Films Festival, December 2020:
Best Experimental Film Award

Afrikana Independent Film Festival, September 2020
Best of the Fest

AWARD NOMINATIONS
2021 Buenos Aires International Film Festival,
Semi Finalist

2020 Indie Short Fest, Los Angeles International Film Festival, December 2020
Best Experimental Short
Best Screendance Short
Best Production Design

Alternative Film Festival, December 2020
Semi-Finalist

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS (2021)
Philadelphia Latino Film Festival
Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema
DANCINEMA
Film Only Festival
Experimental Dance and Music Festival
Golden Short Films Festival

FILM SCREENINGS
Commonwealth Exhibit, ICA @ VCU, Sept 12, 2020-Jan. 31, 2020.
5th Annual Afrikana Independent Film Festival, Sept. 17, 2020.
Afrikana “Best of the Fest” @ Tom Tom Festival: Cities Rising Summit, Oct. 27, 2020
Film Only Festival, March 13, 2021
Experimental Dance and Music Festival, March 27, 2021
Utah Dance Film Festival, May 28-29, 2021
Philadelphia Latino Film Festival, May-June, 2021
The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival, June 2021
Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema, Sept 2021

PANELS
Afrikana Independent Film Festival
Afrikana Roundtable-Entre Puerto Rico y Richmond: Women in Resistance Shall Not Be Moved
September 17, 2020
Alicia Diaz, Patricia Herrera, Christine Wyatt, Christina Leoni-Osion
Moderated by MK Abadoo

Film Discussion: Entre Puerto Rico y Richmond
October 2, 2020
Hosted by University of Richmond Downtown
Alicia Díaz, Christine Wyatt, Christina Leoni-Osion
Moderated by Alexandra Byrum

Women in Resistance: A Panel Discussion
October 20, 2020
ICA @ VCU
Alicia Díaz, Patricia Herrera, Silvia Federici, Shariana Ferrer-Núñez
Moderated by Anahí Lazarte

Virginia Black Dance Festival
March 20, 2021
Women in Resistance: Reflecting Creative Cultural Process
Alicia Díaz, Christine Wyatt, Christina Leoni-Osion

The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival
Film as Art Panel
June 8, 2021
Alicia Díaz, Lynn Bianchi, Shayna Strype, and David Riley.
Moderated by Joseph Shahadi

PUBLICATION
Commonwealth Publication, Issue 2, Dec. 18, 2020
(commonwealths.art/alicia-diaz/)

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