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Commonwealth or Colony / Criminal Justice (1976-01-01)

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About this film

This episode of Realidades features segments about Puerto Rico's history and its role as a commonwealth, and the fight for independence; also a dramatization looks at the criminal justice system in the US.

Directors & creators

WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)

Subjects

public broadcasting, AAPB, Puerto Rico, Colonialism, Puerto Rican Independence Movement, Criminal Justice, FBI Targeting, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Estado Libre Asociado, Luis Muñoz Marín, Ponce Massacre, Law 600, Jones Act of 1917, US-Puerto Rico Relations, Sovereignty, United Nations, Decolonization, Realidades (Television Program), Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico, US Congress, Self-determination, Puerto Rican History, Political Repression, Tydings Bill, Puerto Rican Politics, Civil Rights, Human Rights

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