ABOUT THE FILM

LONG SYNOPSIS

Through shard-like glimpses of everyday life in post-Hurricane María Puerto Rico, LANDFALL is a cautionary tale for our times. Set against the backdrop of protests that toppled the US colony’s governor in 2019, the film offers a prismatic portrait of collective trauma and resistance. While the devastation of María attracted a great deal of media coverage, the world has paid far less attention to the storm that preceded it: a 72-billion-dollar debt crisis crippling Puerto Rico well before the winds and waters hit.

LANDFALL examines the kinship of these two storms—one environmental, the other economic—juxtaposing competing utopian visions of recovery. Featuring intimate encounters with Puerto Ricans as well as the newcomers flooding the island, LANDFALL reflects on a question of contemporary global relevance: when the world falls apart, who do we become?

Director Cecilia Aldarondo
Collaborator Lale Namerrow Pastor

Producers Cecilia Aldarondo, Ines Hofmann Kanna

Executive Producers Charlotte Cook, Laura Poitras
Executive Producer for ITVS Sally Jo Fifer
Executive Producers for POV Justine NaganChris White
Executive Producer for LPB Sandie Viquez Pedlow

Associate Producer Lale Namerrow Pastor

Editor Terra Jean Long

Director of Photography Pablo Alvarez-Mesa

Music Angélica Negrón

Cast Lale Namerrow Pastor, Cecilia Aldarondo, Edgardo (Tato) Alvarado Alvarez, María Alvarado, Hiram Albino, Hiram Albino Jr., Luis Bonet, Lara Medina, René Reyes, Ricardo Quiles, Raquela Delgado-Valentín, Stephanie Nieves, L’Orangelis Thomas, Quinn Eaker, Elisa Sanchez, Brock Pierce, Yaron Brook, Armando Santiago Pintado, Neisha Ramos Benjamin, Michael Urayoan Connelly Reyes, Pablo Connelly, Luis Vazquez O’Neill, Carla Torres Trujillo, Awilda Rodriguez Lora, Marilyn Ortiz Laureano, Luis E Bonnet Cuello

FESTIVALS
2020: Tribeca, Hot Docs

AVAILABLE TERRITORIES
The World

EXHIBITION FORMATS
DCP, Blu-Ray, Digital Download