Frances Negrón-Muntaner

• Published in: Women of Vision Vol. 9; p. 277
• Main Author: Juhasz, Alexandra
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: United States University of Minnesota Press 09.05.2001
• Edition: NED - New edition
• Subjects: Anthropology; Applied anthropology; Arts; Behavioral sciences; Business; Cultural anthropology; Cultural industries; Cultural studies; Entertainment industries; Ethnic groups; Ethnology; Female homosexuality; Feminist film theory; Feminist literary theory; Film studies; Film theory; Films, cinema; Gays and lesbians; Gender identity; Gender studies; Hispanics; History: specific events & topics; Homosexuality; Industrial sectors; Industry; Literary genres; Literary studies; Literary theory; Literature; Motion picture industry; Movies; Poetry; Queer culture; Queer studies; REFERENCE, INFORMATION AND INTERDISCIPLINARY SUBJECTS; Sexual orientation; Social sciences
• ISBN: 0816633711; 9780816633715; 9780816633722; 081663372X

It was possible for me to conceive of becoming a professional film maker because of my grandfather, who was a frustrated commercial director. He had studied film at the University of Miami during the ’40s and returned to Puerto Rico a few years later without completing his degree. Although my grandfather was passionate about making feature films in Puerto Rico, he seemed to have been routinely ripped off by industry sharks. This led him to eventually close a studio-for-rent he had built behind his house. After abandoning features, he became a medical photographer and slowly began to lend me the