Filmmaker Alex Zacarias has been producing and directing documentaries and short films for more than 20 years. Here on location in Jayuya, Boriken (Puerto Rico) for the documentary TAINO DAKA (I AM) he stands alongside the “Written Rock (Piedra Escrita)” that is carved with Taino petroglyphs.
“TAINO DAKA (I AM)” documentary explores Taino history, culture and the indigenous identity throughout the Caribbean and the Diaspora, who are considered to be extinct for over 500 years since their encounter with Christopher Columbus on his first voyage to the New World. Today, Tainos are on a quest to claim back their identity and rewrite their history.
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