Nuyorican Basquet

Nuyorican Básquet tells the dramatic story of Puerto Rico’s 1979 National Basketball Team, whose players were mainly born or raised in New York. In a historic and emotionally charged encounter, this team contended for the medal in the final of the XIII Pan American Games against the United States. Almost all of the twelve athletes developed in the basketball courts of New York Afro-Americans and they became the hope of the Puerto Rican people during Cold War times. The symbolic clash between colony and empire was surrounded by grave political repression circumstances. This documentary showcases the influence of Nuyoricans in Puerto Rican basketball in an intertwined account where the game, the diaspora and the complex roads of Puerto Rican identity invite to reflect upon what Puerto Rico is today.

Directors: Julio César Torres & Ricardo Olivero Lora

Producer: Freddie Marrero Alfonso

Production Manager: Ilia Janice Vélez

Original Music: Furito Ríos

Production House: Filmes Filigrana

Post Production House: Reaktor Post