Join us at Comfort Station for a live indoor screening of "Resistimos" followed by a Bombazo: Bomba musicians from Segundo Ruiz Cultural Center Belvis, singers and dancers coming together to play powerful songs!

Registration is FREE (donations encouraged)

"Resistimos" is a feature documentary film about the current socio economic and political issues in Puerto Rico seen through the lives of Bomba practitioners.

Directed by Diana Quiñones Rivera

Attend in-person* or virtually on Youtube or at www.softcagefilms.com

About Diana Quiñones Rivera:
Mentored by legendary filmmaker, the late Albert Maysles, Quiñones Rivera started her filmmaking career in 2006. One of her documentary films, "It’s a Feeling, Dancing with Jeff Selby" was screened at the Dance on Camera Film Festival at Lincoln Center in 2014 and at the Cinédanse Film Festival in Quebec in 2015. Quiñones Rivera completed a fellowship with Kartemquin Film’s Diverse Voices in Docs in 2016. The same year, she directed the music video for Zeshan B's "Cryin' In The Streets". The video premiered in 2017 and was featured in Rolling Stone magazine, American Songwriter, Impose magazine and the Chicago Reader.
www.monserati.com

About Soft Cage Films:
Soft Cage Films is a radical, non-profit multimedia production company in Chicago. We make work that challenges oppressive systems, combats harmful narratives, and amplifies voices for progressive social change.
www.softcagefilms.com

Programed for Comfort Station by Raul Benitez, Emily Perez and Mat Tapey.