Date of Award
Spring 3-16-2022
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Film and Media Studies
First Advisor
Kelly Anderson
Second Advisor
Andrew Lund
Abstract
Abstract
Memorias de Mi Familia is an hour-long personal documentary through which I explore the meaning of “home.” I was born and raised in New York to a Puerto Rican mother and Ecuadorian father and lived between two worlds—sometimes more. While on a visit to Puerto Rico with my mother, Sylvia, I search for belonging and explore my family’s story of migration between the island and the United States.
Through interviews, family films, home videos and photographs spanning over 60 years, I examine the revolving migration pattern common to many Puerto Ricans on the island and in the diaspora, a cycle framed and at times burdened by Puerto Rico’s colonial relationship to the United States.
Recommended Citation
Montero, Melissa Z., "Memorias de Mi Familia" (2022). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/906
Included in
Film Production Commons, Latina/o Studies Commons, Other Film and Media Studies Commons, Visual Studies Commons