Person
Frances Negrón Muntaner
Writing · Born 1966-01-01 · Santurce, Puerto Rico
Biography
Frances Negrón-Muntaner (born 1966 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is an award-winning Puerto Rican filmmaker, writer, and scholar. Her work is focused on a comparative exploration of coloniality, primarily in Puerto Rico and the United States, with special attention given to the intersections between race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and politics. She is an associate professor of English and Comparative Literature and Director of the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race at Columbia University in New York City.
Known for

Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Self

Brincando el Charco: Portrait of a Puerto Rican
Claudia
Homeless Diaries
Director

Habla y vota
Self
War for Guam
Writer
Immune
Director
Women of Vision
Self

AIDS in the Barrio: Eso no Me Pasa a Mí
Producer

Small City, Big Change
Director
Filmography
- 2021Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for ItSelf
- 2016Habla y votaSelf
- 2015War for GuamWriter
- 2013Small City, Big ChangeDirector
- 1998Women of VisionSelf
- 1996Homeless DiariesDirector
- 1994Brincando el Charco: Portrait of a Puerto RicanClaudia
- 1989AIDS in the Barrio: Eso no Me Pasa a MíProducer
- —ImmuneDirector
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