GRIOT 2124
About the Film
GRIOT 2124 is a seven-episode series that follows a traveler from the year 2124 who arrives in Puerto Rico in 2024 from a future where racism has been eradicated. Seeking to understand how this transformation became possible, GRIOT embarks on a journey through the archipelago’s Black and Afro-descendant artistic, cultural, and historical legacy.
Through encounters with artists, cultural workers, scholars, and communities, the series explores how Afro-Puerto Rican creativity has shaped the nation’s identity and continues to challenge dominant narratives. At the center of GRIOT’s discovery is Tiznando el país: Visualidades y representaciones, an artistic and cultural movement that helped redefine Puerto Rico’s collective consciousness by making visible the depth, brilliance, and power of Black and Afro-descendant contributions.
Blending speculative storytelling, documentary exploration, and cultural memory, GRIOT 2124 invites audiences to imagine a transformed Puerto Rico while honoring the artists and communities whose work makes that future possible.
Directors: Macha Colón & Gisela Rosario Ramos
Producers: Marianne Ramirez Aponte, Executive Producer; Gisela Rosario Ramos, Producer; Magali Carrasquillo, Co-producer
Puerto Rico // 2024 // Documentary, Experimental
182 minutes
About the Filmmaker
Gisela Rosario Ramos, also known as Macha Colón, is an undisciplined artist, writer, producer, director, editor, performer, and cultural organizer. Her work includes the documentary short films El hijo de Ruby and Cartas de amor para una ícona. She studied Film & Media and Black and Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College in New York City. She has also served as Artistic and Programming Director at Casa Cultura Ruth Hernández, while continuing her work as a filmmaker and editor.
Since 2008, Macha Colón has led her rock/pop musical project, Macha Colón y Los Okapi, performing in alternative venues and releasing her first album, Tanquecito de amor, in 2016. Her work as a screenwriter and director of short films has received multiple international grants and awards, including support from the Art Matters Foundation, NALAC, United States Artists Fellowship, the Puerto Rican Artist Initiative at Northwestern University, and the William Greaves Fund from Firelight Media.
