Colonization is Extinction Interview - Walter Alomar

Yé Moun La! Check out this interview with Walter Alomar (Theocho.net), the director of "Colonization is Extinction" (2017). It's a documentary from Puerto Rico. Check out my review "Colonization is Extinction", a fight for Puerto Rico's independence

0:00 - 0:20: opening credits

0:21 - 1:02: introduction

1:03 - 1:43: Walter Alomar’s self-introduction

1:44 - 4:11: why and how he decided to make this film : his own research about the forced sterilization, the flag etc

4:12 - 6:59: the silence around these issues. Example: Vieques health crisis because of the pollution

7:00 - 9:46: the experts who helped him: Professor Ana Lopez, Nelson A. Denis, political activists

9:47 - 14:43: the lack of knowledge within the community being the most heartbreaking moment while making the film

14:44 - 16:51: the flag as a symbol of our identity - comparison with Guadeloupe

16:52 - 20:24: the gap between the diaspora and the local people

20:25 - 22:59: the need for representation of Puerto Rican independence heroes

23:00 - 24:39: the need of unity within Caribbean countries + current colonial strategies

24:40 - 29:28: The OCHO’s actions + the goal to reach the United Nations general assembly

29:29 - 31:59: how the public can support theocho.net

32:00 - 36:59: Walter Alomar’s predictions of the next phase of colonization: gentrification + Puerto Rican people turned into a new working-class + the fight to preserve Puerto Rican culture and identity

37:00 - 41:16: comparison with Guadeloupe’s situation + the need to accept our own Blackness and see ourselves as the same people

41:17 - 41:53: outro