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