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2026
(World Premiere)Feature DocumentaryVirtual Content

Zenón and the Rebel Boats

A black-and-white film still from Zenón and the Rebel Boats shows Carlos Zenón standing on a small boat in the Caribbean sea. Zenón is a Puerto Rican man in a white shirt. Around him, there are many other fishermen in boats.

After being displaced from his home by the U.S. Navy to build a military base, Puerto Rican fisherman Carlos “Taso” Zenón pledged his life to fight against the military occupation of the island of Vieques. Alongside Puerto Rican fishermen and activists, Zenón organized countless efforts to halt U.S. war games in the Caribbean Sea. Never-before-seen archival footage reveals the artisanal strategies implemented by fearless fishermen to defy warships, inspiring one of the most influential environmental and anti-war movements in the Caribbean.

Thank you to our screening partners: Taller Puertorriqueno, Norris Square Neighborhood Project, and Collective Climb.

Tickets

Virtual

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Filmmaker

Juan C. Dávila Santiago

Director

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