Ceiba Y Sus Raíces Taínas / Ceiba and Her Taina Roots
Director: Brithney Rivera
Producers: Megan Schmitz & Jacqueline Ferreira
Pennsylvania Premiere
Country of Production: United States
Date of Completion: 2023
Duration of Film: 4 Minutes
Disaster strikes the island of Puerto Rico as Guabancex, Spirit of Chaos, leads a Hurricane. Ceiba, a disabled young woman in a wheelchair, calls upon the Spirit of Protection, Yúcahu, to prevent catastrophic doom. Due to his incapability to do so, Ceiba must stop the storm from destroying her beautiful island.