Poli Marichal

Poli Marichal

69 (1956-01-01)
Ponce, Puerto Rico

Poli Marichal Lugo is a printmaker, filmmaker, and illustrator. She is considered a pioneer of experimental cinema in Puerto Rico, working in Super 8 and 16 mm formats since the 1980s.

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Coffee Break 1987 (2)

Experimental film which incorporates a range of materials, ink, coloring pencils, watercolors, and graphite, to narrate the story of a woman who is transformed into a cat while she drinks the celebrated beverage of the island, coffee.
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Underwater Blues 1981

Hand painted, scratched animated Super 8 film examining the contradictions of the psychopathology of colonization.
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Blum 1983

Tale about the fragility of power, the story of a David and a Goliath. Animated frame by frame with modeling clay on a light box's glass.
Poli Marichal

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