Making the Impossible Possible

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There are lessons about organizing that are needed at this critical moment. This film hit at the heart of why we need ethnic studies and they – these young PR pioneers - were at the helm in the 1960’s. Palante!

Blanca VazquezHunter Adjunct Professor, PSC CUNY Executive BD

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What a powerful film! I'm so honored to know this legacy through all of your stories. Thanks for the inspiration.

Dr. Anna Ortega-WilliamsAsst. Professor, Hunter College

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I am blown away by the subject. In very short time you conveyed an amazing story beautiful and accessibly.

Katherine T. AceyDirector of Strategic Collaborations, GRIOT Circle

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It was wonderful to spend 35 minutes bearing witness to the Puerto Rican struggle.

Lyn GoldfarbFilmmaker

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Fantastic film! The formation of the Puerto Rican Studies Department at Brooklyn College became the model for similar critical curricula adopted by Universities and Colleges around the U.S., some of which remain in place today because of the activists and scholars captured in this film.

Michelle MaterreFounder and Director, Creatively Speaking

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A deeply moving film on a interesting and not widely known struggle. You wove together a wonderful and inspiring story! Beautifully filmed and edited Super informative!

Norm CowieFilmmaker/Educator

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Wow! The energy, the pacing, the archival photos and footage, and the storytelling and storytellers! It teaches and inspires and underlines how important it is to know always the roots of our activism and our victories—on whose shoulders we stand.

Elena Schwolsky, RNAuthor and Educator

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Fantastic Film … a beauty with all that spirit and wow what a history!

Jane Gold, LCSW-R

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What a FABULOUS film!! I was blown away, uplifted, taken back to the amazing spirit of those times and encouraged by how learning about it can fire up the young movements of today. Most of all, the unbreakable bonds between Blacks and Puerto Ricans and students and faculty should be the big takeaway here, along with la lutta continua, never give up.

Rosalind PetcheskyDistinguished Professor of Political Science, Hunter College, City University of New York

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Excellent. What amazing archival footage. The film helps contextualize what's happening at CUNY now!

Jillian M. Báez, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Department of Africana and Puerto Rican/Latino Studies Hunter College, CUNY