Epi: Overcoming Disabilities

WONDER WOMAN ON WHEELS (La Mujer Maravilla Sobre Ruedas)

Uplifting documentary about a woman who will not let cerebral palsy stop her from breaking the world's record for largest group hug! Featuring Ileana Torres Báez, a writer and poet from Puerto Rico. Her vision and mission are to inspire change in a society that discriminates and looks with pity at people with disabilities. Directed by Omar Camilo, the doc is paired with award-winning shorts from Tenerife, United Kingdom, and Hawai'i.

Epi: Hispanic/Latinx Heritage! MARIACHIS CON PANTALONES

WONDER WOMAN ON WHEELS (La Mujer Maravilla Sobre Ruedas)

(Mariachis With Pants) is the story of Mireya Ramos, singer, violinist, arranger, and founder of Grammy winning all-women Mariachi band Flor de Toloache, and the band’s vocalist and vihuela player, Shea Fiol. The film travels with the group for performances in NYC, California, and India — all the while challenging stereotypes in the music world and beyond.

Epi: Your Real Nature

Your Real Nature turns its lens to mindful living and self-care , the story and life journey of Colombian author, raw food chef, holistic wellness advocate, and plane crash survivor Gissela Torrella. Beautifully photographed by award-winning Dominican director Miguel Miller, also a plane crash survivor, the documentary features interviews with women and men who have successfully overcome trauma and illness by embracing a more conscious relationship between body, mind, and spirit.

Epi: Puerto Rican Heritage

Bronx Film Wednesdays Digital Edition presents a stunning collection of short films from Puerto Rico in partnership with CineFiesta Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes and 21 Islands International Short Film Festival.

Epi: Luz in Latin America

Luz in Latin America, the first feature film by director Amanda Nemcik, is the inspiring account of international bodyboarding star Luz ‘Loly’ Grande—a young woman on a personal mission to make bodyboarding a means to improve the lives of disadvantaged children in Puerto Rico, Argentina, Brazil, and Peru. Alternating between interviews with Loly and scenes of her interacting with children on the beach, the film tells the origins of bodyboarding and its subsequent development as an extreme sport with a multicultural profile.

Epi: Verde Salvaje

Belén Orsini’s Verde Salvaje follows three biologists, who embark on their adventures in Isla de Aves, Los Roques and the Gulf of Venezuela, to provide three points of view on the fascinating green turtle, Chelonia mydas, a species in danger of extinction. These stories show that while biodiversity side, they also present a stark contrast as why the Wayuu communities have been striving for centuries to be able to feed their families.

Epi: Overcoming Obstacles

Spanish filmmaker Álvaro Crespo’s documentary WATER WEARS ROCK (Agua desgasta roca), the extraordinary story of Alberto, a mountain climber who suffers from multiple sclerosis since he was 17 years old. Against his own limitations, his goal is to climb a peak rising at over 8,000 feet: the Naranjo de Bulnes in Asturias, Spain. The director, a lover of nature and climbing, writes: I met Alberto shortly after joining the climbing group of Madrid Vertical in 2016. At first glance, he seemed very active, healthy and above all very dedicated to this sport. When we became friends, I learned about his history and the illness. I was surprised by his positive attitude. I see in Alberto’s story an opportunity to show people the same thing that I see every day when I climb by his side: His way of life is a message in itself—the desire to live!