pieforzado con Valeria Collazo Cañizares

Web interview series with Puerto Rican journalist Valeria Collazo Cañizares. The series went for ten episodes, each one presenting a Puerto Rican culture icon from different fields.

 

"Lo que le pasó a Santiago", the only Puerto Rican movie to have been nominated for an Oscar, writer and director, actor and poet Jacobo Morales talks about his first steps on television, his relationship with José Miguel Agrelot, his experience at the Oscars and the ephemerality of time and death.

José “Piculín”Ortiz, Puerto Rican Basketball legend and FIBA Basketball Hall of Fame member, talks about the struggles of being tall, making mistakes, assuming responsibilities and turning the page.

Rafael Ithier, legendary director of El Gran Combo, talks about discipline and his years in the Army, Rafael Cortijo y su Combo, reggeaton music, Puerto Rico, his age and his feelings about being called a legend.

El Rey Charlie, activist and motorcycle stuntman, talks about his passion for motorcycles, the #RickyRenuncia protests, his multiple jobs, the power of imagination and the value of time.

Mela Pabón, Puerto Rican illustrator known by many as Madame Mela, talks about her creative process with her horoscopes, comedy as a life philosophy, drowning in a glass of water and the value of jumping at opportunities.

Ada Monzón, the first woman meteorologist in Puerto Rico, talks about her early days, the responsibility of covering hurricanes Irma and María, Facebook Live and her use of social media.

Eduardo Lalo: Puerto Rican writer, artist and college professor talks about his creative process, generalizations, talking in “arroz y habichuelas”, reactions to his opinion pieces and death.

iLe, Puerto Rican singer, talks about nostalgia, finding her voice, the search after her time in Calle 13 and the existential questions that pop up after turning 30 years old.

Alessandra Rampolla, Puerto Rican sexologist, talks about the hypocrisy in relationships, orgasms, the responsibility of the “other” and what is shared during sex, not being a prophet in her country and the new generation of Puerto Ricans.

Legendary Puerto Rican anchorman Jorge Rivera Nieves talks about his beginnings in radio and television, mistakes that happen for the need of being first rather than right, being authentic and the search of happiness.