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Category: Puerto Rico

Gessellie M. Caraballo Ruiz hand selecting coffee cherries at her farm Finca Christal in Yauco, Puerto Rico, with two windows in the background revealing views of the mountains.

Homegrown Foodways Film Premiere: El Motor: Coffee and the Heart of Puerto Rico

Posted by: Michelle Stefano

This post premieres the film, El Motor: Coffee and the Heart of Puerto Rico, by filmmaker Russell Oliver who received a 2022 Community Collections Grant from the American Folklife Center, as part of the Library of Congress Of the People: Widening the Path initiative. The film captures the challenges of farming alongside moments of triumph, revealing how Puerto Rico’s coffee farmers preserve tradition while adapting for the future. This year's American Folklife Center's Homegrown Foodways Film Series celebrates Community Collections Grant recipients.

Posted in: AFC Awards, AFC Events, Caribbean Americans, Community Collections Grants, Film, Foodways, Puerto Rico

Healing Work in Puerto Rico – A New Occupational Folklife Project

Posted by: Douglas D. Peach

In 2023, the American Folklife Center awarded folklorist Selina Morales with an Archie Green Fellowship to interview traditional healers living and working in Puerto Rico. Morales, in collaboration with filmmaker Alexis Garcia, used the fellowship to create a new Occupational Folklife Project collection, titled “Healing Work in Puerto Rico.” In this post, Morales and Garcia discuss their collection with Dr. Nancy Groce (Senior Folklife Specialist, American Folklife Center).

Posted in: Fieldwork, Folk Art, Narratives, Occupational Folklife Project, Puerto Rican Americans, Puerto Rico, Religion