Ricardo Alegría

出生 : 1921-04-14, San Juan, Puerto Rico

死亡 : 2011-07-07

略歴

Puerto Rican scholar, cultural anthropologist and archeologist known as the "father of modern Puerto Rican archaeology".

参加作品

El pasado, una puerta hacia el futuro
Himself
Focuses on the history of the Archivo General de Puerto Rico (General Archive of Puerto Rico) which started in 1955.
Jack Delano: el goce de crear
Himself
Biographical production that recreates the work of this artist, adoptive son of Puerto Rico, who stood out as a musician, photographer, filmmaker, producer, illustrator, etc.
Las plumas del múcaro
Writer
Based on a Puerto Rican folk tale, the story begins when Mañito, an owl, is invited to a festival. Not feeling happy with the way he looks, Mañito borrows some bright colored feathers in order to attend.
La buena herencia
Writer
Meant to inform rural communities about the legacy of the Taínos, the indigenous inhabitants of Puerto Rico, or Borikén, as they called the island.
La arquitectura colonial en Puerto Rico: San Juan Antiguo
Writer
A visual study of the colonial, military and religious architecture of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.
La plena
Story
One of the DivEdCo's films that best depicts the history and evolution of another genre of popular music from the coasts and of African origin: the plena. It presents sequences of interpreters of those rhythms in Ponce, in the dances of the coastal areas, and the fusion of popular and refined genres in presentations by Ballets de San Juan of the ballet-plena by Amaury Veray, "Cuando las mujeres" ("When the Women").
El santero
Writer
Zoilo Cajigas y Sotomayor is a carver of wooden models of saints. Don Zoilo is one of Puerto Rico's best-known artisans and was 96 years old at the time of the filming. The film shows the elaborate process behind his craftsmanship.
Las Fiestas de Santiago Apóstol en Loíza Aldea
Director
This anthropological documentary examines the Festival of St. James and its roots in the town of Loíza, Puerto Rico.
Excavando la Plaza Ceremonial de Caguana, Utuado
Director
Second phase of the excavation of the Caguana Indigenous Ceremonial Park in Utuado, activity led by Dr. Ricardo Alegría.