An independent filmmaker and journalist, Leandro Fabrizi Ríos' work largely centers Puerto Rico. Commissioned directorial credits include Zona Franca, a 10-part episodic series which aired in Puerto Rico’s public television; Isla Chatarra broadcast on DocTV-Iberoamérica (Best Cultural Documentary Award on Emmy’s Suncoast Chapter); and, En Arroz y Habichuelas (90-min.) funded by the Puerto Rico Film Commission. In 2018 Leandro was a videographer for an episode of Spike Lee’s She’s Gotta Have It on Netflix. In 2017 he shot the film The Great Silence for renowned art duo, Allora & Calzadilla. Since 2017, Leandro Fabrizi has served as the primary video journalist for CPI, the Center for Investigative Journalism, supporting the in-depth investigation and reporting of Puerto Rico’s debt and fiscal crisis, and other news. Leandro graduated from the Autonomous University of Barcelona where he earned a Master’s Degree in Creative Documentary. Bartolo is his debut feature-length documentary film.

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ABOUT BARTOLO

Tucked into the rural coffee-growing mountainside of remote western Puerto Rico is a tiny hamlet, Bartolo. It is home to an isolated agricultural community of just 12 families, landless and chronically impoverished, and longing for a new start following Hurricane Maria. The community seizes on a chance for a new beginning when a veteran organizer from outside of Bartolo comes to town with a radical new plan. Bartolo is produced by Neyda Martinez.

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Film

Bartolo

Program Affiliation

Documentary Lab

Cohort Year

2019-2021

Website

leandrofabrizi.myportfolio.com

Social Media

@lfabo