What happens when the stories of us are told by us, with us? I wanted to ask the Director of the incredible documentary Landfall  many questions but at the heart of our conversation was a strong sense that community is really key in telling our stories.

I hope you will share this really powerful interview with Cecilia Aldarondo because so much of what leads to healing from trauma comes through art and the dialogues we have together.

Cecilia Aldarondo is a documentary director-producer from the Puerto Rican diaspora who works at the intersection of poetics and politics. Her feature documentaries MEMORIES OF A PENITENT HEART (2016) and LANDFALL (2020) premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and were co-produced by the award-winning PBS series POV. LANDFALL's many awards include the 2020 DOC NYC Film Festival Viewfinders Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary, the 2021 Film Independent Truer than Fiction Spirit Award nomination, and a 2021 Cinema Eye Spotlight Award nomination. Among Aldarondo's fellowships and honors are the Guggenheim, a two-time MacDowell Colony Fellowship, the 2021 New America Fellowship, and Women at Sundance 2017. In 2019 she was named to DOC NYC's 40 Under 40 list and is one of 2015’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film. She teaches at Williams College.

You can learn more about the documentary by following their social media @LandfallFilm and going to the website/ articles linked below:

https://www.facebook.com/LandfallDoc

@landfallfilm (Instagram)

@blackscrackle (Instagram)

@Landfall_Doc (Twitter)

@blackscrackle (Twitter)

https://deadline.com/2021/01/landfall-director-cecilia-aldarondo-pbs-pov-documentary-interview-news-1234674738/

https://fb.watch/3qwbkTgVqJ/
https://www.claridadpuertorico.com/maria-isaias-las-monjas-en-la-piedra-sobre-el-mar/

https://www.80grados.net/pueblo-o-multitud-hegemonia-o-posthegemonia-ceiba-1999-san-juan-2019-vieques-2020/