https://dxperez.com Debbie Perez Tue, 08 Feb 2022 23:50:17 +0000 https://dxperez.com en https://dxperez.com/Home-Desktop Thu, 03 Feb 2022 20:13:35 +0000 Debbie Perez https://dxperez.com/Home-Desktop DEBBIE PEREZ Award-winning Puerto Rican writer, filmmaker, and producer creating politically urgent stories that center Afro-Caribbean, and diasporic experiences through science fiction, historical memory, and cinematic storytelling https://dxperez.com/Projects-1 Tue, 08 Feb 2022 05:22:33 +0000 Debbie Perez https://dxperez.com/Projects-1 https://dxperez.com/Nuevo-Rico Tue, 08 Feb 2022 04:37:27 +0000 Debbie Perez https://dxperez.com/Nuevo-Rico NUEVO RICO Animated Short Film, Producer SXSW 2021 Jury Award Winner Logline: A brother and sister stumble upon a celestial secret that changes their lives forever and propels them into reggaetón stardom, but they soon discover that their newfound fame comes at a deep price.Watch Trailer ︎ https://nuevoricofilm.com https://dxperez.com/MELA Tue, 08 Feb 2022 05:30:07 +0000 Debbie Perez https://dxperez.com/MELA MELANarrative Short Film, Producer In Post Production Synopsis: After a wild night of partying, Mela, a head strong dancer and single mother, must contend with balancing her obligations and dreams. The following day, Mela’s mother expresses disapproval of Mela’s choices, causing an argument over childcare. Mela is forced to navigate the day with her daughter, trying her best to make it in time for an important audition. As she struggles to get her daughter to class and also get to the dance studio on time, Mela must face her obligations as a mother and her desire to pursue dance, while anxiety looms near. https://dxperez.com/Daughter-of-the-Sea Tue, 08 Feb 2022 05:38:12 +0000 Debbie Perez https://dxperez.com/Daughter-of-the-Sea DAUGHTER OF THE SEANarrative Short Film, Producer Post-Production, LALIFF / NETFLIX grant 2022*Image Credit: Brujas” by Princess Nokia  (2016) Logline: After the death of her abuelo, a young woman returns home to Puerto Rico, where she receives a spiritual calling from Yemaya, the Goddess of the Sea. https://dxperez.com/Mataron-a-Pedro Tue, 08 Feb 2022 05:43:59 +0000 Debbie Perez https://dxperez.com/Mataron-a-Pedro MATARON A PEDRONarrative Short Film, Producer In Post - Production Logline: In the 1930s, a Harvard educated black Puerto Rican faces off with the white Chief of Police on the island over island-wide strikes. What happens next forever alters the future colonized island.Recipient of the prestigious Jerome Foundation Grant https://dxperez.com/Killing-Cornelius-Rhoads Tue, 08 Feb 2022 23:50:17 +0000 Debbie Perez https://dxperez.com/Killing-Cornelius-Rhoads Killing Cornelius RhoadsFeature Film, Writer/Producer In Development About: A  high concept science fiction feature film in development centered on an Afro-Latina scientist living in a dystopian future Puerto Rico who uncovers evidence tied to the historical sterilization campaigns and birth control pill trials conducted on Puerto Rican women during the 1950s.  Logline: In 1956, a brilliant scientist discovers a dark colonial experiment and races against time to stop a doctor and his “miracle” pill, before it irreversibly alters the future of humanity. https://dxperez.com/About Tue, 08 Feb 2022 04:38:51 +0000 Debbie Perez https://dxperez.com/About DEBBIE PEREZ is an award-winning Puerto Rican writer/producer that explores narratives centering afrocaribbean stories. Award-winning Puerto Rican filmmaker, writer, producer, and public health professional whose work centers Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Indigenous, and diasporic narratives through science fiction, magical realism, political storytelling, and historical memory. Interdisciplinary background spanning filmmaking, public health, healthcare technology, research ethics, and community media. Experienced in developing culturally rooted cinematic projects that engage themes of reproductive justice, colonialism, migration, environmental collapse, and collective survival. Her work spans documentary, narrative film, digital media, and community storytelling, including the development and production of projects such as Mataron a Pedro, a short film centered on the legacy of Pedro Albizu Campos and Puerto Rican resistance movements. As creator of Borikén Podcast, she has built a platform amplifying Puerto Rican culture, political education, and community voices across the island and diaspora. With an interdisciplinary background in public health, research ethics, and archival research, her creative practice is deeply informed by histories of medical exploitation, systemic inequality, and cultural resilience. She has previously conducted archival research with the Archivo General de Puerto Rico and the Center for Puerto Rican Studies while developing film projects focused on Puerto Rican history during the mid-20th century. Currently developing Killing Cornelius Rhoads, a science fiction feature examining the historical sterilization campaigns and birth control pill trials conducted on Puerto Rican women through speculative futurism and Caribbean magical realism.Contact: Email Instagram