1968 - Powerful NYC Puerto Rican Poet Speaks Out

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6 жыл бұрын

To support my efforts to create more clips please donate to me at www.patreon.com/allinaday. He was a member of the New York City Puerto Rican street gang/political party called the Young Lords. I knew some of their members when I made my film in Sing Sing prison in 1972. Terrific people. Very talented. This poet describes how his immigrant people felt when they got to America - to New York City, and found out what the real world outside of Puerto Rico was like.

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@eBrigid 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful. His words are the living breathing flesh and blood of RAP. Her smile came at the end at just the right spot. This belongs in a museum, preserved for future generations, so that Juan Miguel Milagro Olga Manuel live forever in our memory.

@withgoddess1119 2 жыл бұрын

I'm quite sure it is archived.

@user-ps1zx5ge8w 2 жыл бұрын

@BoricuaNyc 2 жыл бұрын

Facts. Boricuas 🇵🇷✊🏾✊🏻✊✊🏼✊🏽

@moralesincharge 3 жыл бұрын

✊🏽 🇵🇷 💪🏽 😎 👍🏽 🇵🇷 ✊🏽 Very proud to be Puertorriqueño ♥️

@BoricuaNyc 2 жыл бұрын

Boricuas 🇵🇷✊🏾✊🏻✊✊🏼✊🏽🇵🇷💞💐

@AngelGonzalez-hc4zw 3 жыл бұрын

God Bless my Mother and Father. God Bless my Aunts,Uncles, Cousins and all those who lived through it all in the 50s 60s and 70s. Will never forget.

@dannyshot1698 3 жыл бұрын

Pedro!!! Always a pleasure to see him and hear him. Always.

@withgoddess8029 4 жыл бұрын

I've watched this 20 times in a few days..this is how I remember poetry readings to be. This is one of THE MOST POWERFUL readings I have heard.. I am moved to tears repeatedly. The repetitions are so powerful. Bless their souls..

@ultramet 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting this. I was brought to NYC from PR when I was young. We looked up to these people as they were trying to improve things for us. That was Pedro Pietri in that video. Sadly, he left us in 2004. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Pietri

@cuchito954 3 жыл бұрын

The late great Puertorican & Lower East Side Poet Mr. Pedro Pietri! His keen perceptive and prophetic words describe the lives of poor disadvantage people, in this case Puertorriqueños, in America. His book The Puerto Rican Obituary is in my opinion a must have! I was lucky enough to had met and performed his words in 1978’s Public Theatre’s Traveling Performances throughout NYC “An Evening at the New Rican Theatre.” This video is a glimpse of the young genius at his craft! Rest In Peace Mr. Pedro Pietri.

@cuchito954 3 жыл бұрын

My bad! The performance was called “An Evening at the New Rican Village.”

@BoricuaNyc 2 жыл бұрын

Boricuas 🇵🇷✊🏾✊🏻✊✊🏼✊🏽💞💐🇵🇷

@cthomasct61 Жыл бұрын

Tht was so 🔥 tight...me kind of poetry...1 PEOPLE...1 MIND...1 ❤️ LOVE...1 NATION....1..

@JN003 6 жыл бұрын

hit the heart...

@babazayid 3 жыл бұрын

Pedro Pietri, Presente! One of his first working class classics! Puerto Rican Obituary!

@ADR199E 3 жыл бұрын

Amen. This Young Boricua was ahead of his time, still applicable til this day! If only the 2000s generation cared about the 70s and 60s Puerto Ricans! 🇵🇷 Even back then we had so much influence on society... people will always refuse to admit. But its OK because WE know we're the perfect flavor.

@MrRed-tf7bv 3 жыл бұрын

Now all you have is fat joe & funky tenaments.🤷🏾‍♂️

@BoricuaNyc Жыл бұрын

@@MrRed-tf7bvBad Bunny🤴🇵🇷🌹

@latrekistaboricuablogger7421 4 жыл бұрын

yes, my people are beautiful, gifted, kind, witty & some the warmest folks I've met. many of us are sharp and can quickly cut through the bullsh*t that mass media tries to feed us. clarification: Boricuas ("Puerto Ricans," if you use the term given to the island by the spanish (i.e., "Puerto Rico")) are not immigrants due to the jones-shafroth act of march 1917 designating Boricuas as u.s. citizens). also you might already know this: Puerto Ricans from nyc are often referred to as Nuyorican. thank you for sharing.

@SankofaNYC 3 жыл бұрын

OMG!!! THIS IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO AMAZING

@mariatorreslopez 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this!!!

@DivineWine1 2 жыл бұрын

The beginning of this, the brother speaking.......FACTS !!!!!😇

@wannermanzanillo3348 4 жыл бұрын

amazing.

@dmendez19 Жыл бұрын

Shout out to my people

@FreddieStorerDiaz-rt8uj 9 ай бұрын

Thank you I learn the history that I dont learn in the school!

@NakedMatrix Жыл бұрын

I enjoy your channel, watch it daily. Just want to point out We are not immigrants as you wrote in the description. I looked the definition up again to make sure before writing this. We are citizens and have been for almost a century and a half. Thanks for uploading this. It was great to watch.

@wordeye 2 жыл бұрын

Wow!

@miriamjones8804 2 жыл бұрын

Dynamite 🙏🙏🙏

@NelNice 5 жыл бұрын

Sing sing prison... perhaps you interviewed my GrandFather .Nelson Rivera Sr. I never heard of those past times..only have pictures and books of what he left me....

@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker 5 жыл бұрын

funny. I remember the name. But I'm not sure why. You would have to see the entire film to see if your grandfather is there. David Hoffman-filmmaker

@NelNice 5 жыл бұрын

@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker he was pne of the first if not the first enforcers for the younglords..he was also one of the youngest inmates ever sentenced in sing sing i believe...i only have parts tho and my granfather past away a year ago... so a Story ..would be great..the pieces put together would be good..if possible

@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker 5 жыл бұрын

NelNice: As the description above says, I worked with a fairly large group of the Young Lords in Sing Sing for one year teaching them drama and filmmaking before I made my documentary. They were a fantastic group of guys. In fact we could not have made the documentary without the support of Tony Pabon, one of the group who became very important to the film and who was released from Sing Sing on my recognizance. Unfortunately, several months later, he took $5000 from us and I never saw him again. You should purchase the entire film as you may find your relative in it. Here is the link. You can stream it or buy a DVD. www.amazon.com/dp/B00061U15C David Hoffman - filmmaker

@Lifewithmichale 2 жыл бұрын

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@BoricuaNyc Жыл бұрын

🇵🇷❤🇩🇴🗽

@theadmiralboom1713 4 жыл бұрын

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥✊🏿

@nubian47 5 ай бұрын

Reminds me a little of The Last Poets

@mariatorreslopez 2 жыл бұрын

Is there a place where I can download the original video?

@dan020350 4 жыл бұрын

💚

@inderneilboseroychowdhury Жыл бұрын

I am married to a Puerto Rican. She's from South Bronx NY.

@eddiesoto2677 5 жыл бұрын

Funny story. Years ago I'm on the train ,an I'm telling my friend about this man, how I saw a Documentary on him the night before an it was pretty deep. Long behold the train last stop we get out . He was in next car, my man like nah. I'm like yeahhhh , I called him , he came right over Dude was a complete Gentleman . We shared a cab into Yonkers RIP Pedro .

@timespacexploratory 4 жыл бұрын

Eddie Soto what’s the documentary ?

@Camelonesdeyuca 3 жыл бұрын

Eddie Soto Hola! Aquí trying to figure out his name, was it Pedro?

@eddiesoto2677 3 жыл бұрын

@@Camelonesdeyuca Pedro PETRI

@eddiesoto2677 3 жыл бұрын

@@Camelonesdeyuca Pedro Pietri the name of the poem is called Puerto Rican Obituarie

@bobholmanpoet 2 ай бұрын

Pedro Poetri in the house at the head of el classe!

@Lifewithmichale 2 жыл бұрын

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@clubmati8278 2 жыл бұрын

Pa'lante!

@urayuanmachete2776 4 жыл бұрын

Just to clarify in the description Puerto Ricans were never immigrants. We were citizens of Amerikkka. Never immigrants

@aescorpus 4 жыл бұрын

America pendejo. Si tan mal te sientes vete a otro sitio.

@Akilahfoye 2 жыл бұрын

but treated like less than...

@thesolefritonetwork6291 Жыл бұрын

FLVR ✊🏽🥑

@catsmeow4003 3 жыл бұрын

I have the perfect Title: MATRIX

@LibraYall Ай бұрын

Im black American and any black American "FBA" saying Puerto Ricans werent involved in the beginning of Hip Hop doesnt know what they are talking about!

@bluemingsounds2837 4 жыл бұрын

Morgan Freeman at @2:28

@10Vernonplace 4 жыл бұрын

KZfaq got the nerve to put a Trump commercial after this video SMH!!

@norebl3835 3 жыл бұрын

Can anyone help by the explaining the Young Lords movement

@gboogie360 3 жыл бұрын

You always need a movement when u live in same country with whites

@AngelGonzalez-hc4zw 3 жыл бұрын

That’s not his question, BOMBER. There are several videos on this Y.L. Movement.

@loveplaysgames2258 3 жыл бұрын

@@gboogie360 🤣🤣🤣

@Stk182 Жыл бұрын

They were an organization that formed to fight for the independence of Pr Also to get equal treatment in America. One day this will be a great movie The name said it all. When they were young they were lords of getting rights like all Americans.