Poli Marichal

Blues Tropical

Poli Marichal

First part of the Trilogy of the Island in which Poli Marichal expresses and vents the anger and frustration caused by the colonial situation.

Dilema I: Burundanga Boricua

Poli Marichal

Awilda Sterling

Combines animation, documentary footage, and hand-painted film as well as slide projections, a painted 12" x 24" backdrop, and sculptural palm tree to create a kaleidoscopic portrait of the Puerto Rican psyche.

Al rojo vivo

Poli Marichal

This work recreates the spirit of frustration and is the result of scratching and painting the tiny super 8 mm frame without magnification. The soundtrack was performed with a percussion instrument and voice.

Blum

Poli Marichal

Margarita Marichal

Tale about the fragility of power, the story of a David and a Goliath. Animated frame by frame with modeling clay on a light box's glass.

Isla Postal

Poli Marichal

Hand painted, scratched Super 8 film meditating on Puerto Rico's political status through the layering of traditional Bomba music and governmental speeches.

Underwater Blues

Poli Marichal

Hand painted, scratched animated Super 8 film examining the contradictions of the psychopathology of colonization.

Son Afrocaribeño

Poli Marichal

Combines animation and documentary footage to illustrate the origins and impact of the musical genres Bomba and Plena in Puerto Rican culture.

Sabios árboles, mágicos árboles

Poli Marichal, Jack Delano

Animated documentary highlighting the importance of protecting the environment and conserving it through the care and cultivation of flora and fauna.

Guernica

Poli Marichal

Experimental Super 8 film featuring animated 3-D puppets based on the characters in Picasso’s painting.

Los espejismos de Mandrágora Luna

Poli Marichal

One night, while celebrating at home with friends during the San Sebastián Street Festival, a pregnant woman is visited by three characters, who could be unfoldings of herself, and take her on an inner journey in search of her identity.

Micro Trip

Poli Marichal

Musings about what it means to travel, let the imagination fly, and to escape from reality. Combines documentary footage, animation on paper, and hand-painted and scratched film.

Una historia de Reyes Magos

Poli Marichal

Animated documentary that collects the Christian tradition of the visit of the Three Wise Men to the manger where Jesus was born and adds elements typical of Puerto Rican national folklore.

Paisaje

Poli Marichal

Artist / filmmaker Poli Marichal was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico and resides in Los Angeles, CA since 1989. She is considered one of the pioneers of experimental film in Puerto Rico. The experimental super 8mm shorts she created during the 1980”s, which combine animation, painted celluloid and documentary footage, have won awards at film festivals in the U.S., Canada, Brazil and Venezuela and have been exhibited widely. Currently she works in video and now digital animation, as well as prints, paintings and mixed media at her studio in Los Angeles.

Coffee Break

Poli Marichal

Experimental film which incorporates a range of materials, ink, coloring pencils, watercolors, and graphite, to narrate the story of a woman who is transformed into a cat while she drinks the celebrated beverage of the island, coffee.

Luna

Poli Marichal

Hand painted and scratched Super 8 film. 18fps.