FILIBERTO: ENTREVISTA CLANDESTINA

FILIBERTO: CLANDESTINE INTERVIEW WED AUG 23RD, 7PM SISTA'S PLACE 456 NOSTRAND AVE @ JEFFERSON AVE BROOKLYN, NYC for more info: ricanstruction.net september23.org 212-696-6804 September 23rd 1868, is traditionally celebrated and commemorated as the birth of the Puerto Rican nation, when Puerto Ricans rose up against Spanish colonial rule in a revolt know as El Grito De Lares. On September 23rd of 2005 Filiberto Ojeda Rios, leader of the Puerto Rican People’s Army, Los Macheteros, was assassinated by the US government in an attempt to kill the spirit of the Puerto Rican liberation struggle. Filiberto: Entrevista Clandestina is an interview Comandante Filiberto did with Puerto Rican reporter Daisy Sanchez. The interview was done while he was in clandestinity, a short while after cutting off an electronic ankle shackle placed on him while he awaited trial for his alleged involvement in the Macheteros Wells Fargo armored truck robbery of Hartford Connecticut. Filiberto speaks for himself and the Macheteros on the colonial issues that continue to plague the island nation of Puerto Rico to this day. The interview aired uncut on Puerto Rican television and was the most watched television program in the history of Puerto Rico. This film is an excerpted version of that television program. This Wednesday, August 23rd marks 11 months since his passing. On this anniversary we will gather, as we have done each month, to honor his life and legacy. Join us in the countdown to the NEW Grito de Lares when once again a nation will rise. JOIN US SEPTEMBER 23RD @ 1PM - TIMES SQUARE MARCH TO THE UNITED NATIONS TO FREE PUERTO RICO!!!