Directing

Karen Rossi Coughlin

Known for

Directing

Credits

12 titles

Known for

Isla chatarra poster
NR

Isla chatarra describes the phenomenon of the ubiquity of automobiles in Puerto Rico. The island measures slightly less than 9,000 square kilometers, but has 25,000 kilometers of paved road, one of the highest proportions in the planet. Puerto Rico is one of the countries with the largest number of vehicles per kilometer (of road) and third in the world in number of cars per 1,000 inhabitants. The film was produced with the idea to raise consciousness and create a dialogue about the ongoing situation of our dependence on cars. It also shows the dangerous circumstances of an island that is slowly being covered by scrap metal.

Isla chatarra

2007

No artwork available
6.0

On Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos and her poem with the same name.

Interrogaciones

2002

No artwork available
NR

Examines the work of the DanzÉ group, by DanzActiva, in which the dancer Paulette Beauchamp, through an artistic proposal, directs a group of people with Down Syndrome in bomba dance shows. The documentary presents the experiences of these dancers, the concerns of the parents, and documents the cultural exchange of the group with a group of the city of Seville, Spain.

Algo más

2009

No artwork available
NR

On Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos and her poem with the same name.

Yo misma fui mi ruta

2002

Ser grande poster
NR

The daily life of Juan, Rushian and Ivianyd, three Puerto Rican teenagers, is challenged when they decide to participate in a series of workshops to discover their aspirations and overcome personal limitations. The support of new mentors provokes awareness, but moving forward is not so simple. Obstacles pertaining social, emotional and sexual identity issues are part of this choral portrait on the margins of Caribbean society.

Ser grande

2018

Cinema Puerto Rico: una antropología visual poster
NR

A look at Puerto Rico and its cinema through films, documentaries, and commercials from the early twentieth century to the emerging cinema of today. Visual and narrative strategies portray fragments of Puerto Rico's general history and, in turn, answers the questions of who, when, and for whom have ​​films been made in Puerto Rico and the resources that are available to do it.

Cinema Puerto Rico: una antropología visual

2014

Film credits

Behind the camera

Isla chatarra poster
NR

Isla chatarra describes the phenomenon of the ubiquity of automobiles in Puerto Rico. The island measures slightly less than 9,000 square kilometers, but has 25,000 kilometers of paved road, one of the highest proportions in the planet. Puerto Rico is one of the countries with the largest number of vehicles per kilometer (of road) and third in the world in number of cars per 1,000 inhabitants. The film was produced with the idea to raise consciousness and create a dialogue about the ongoing situation of our dependence on cars. It also shows the dangerous circumstances of an island that is slowly being covered by scrap metal.

Isla chatarra

2007

Isla chatarra poster
NR

Isla chatarra describes the phenomenon of the ubiquity of automobiles in Puerto Rico. The island measures slightly less than 9,000 square kilometers, but has 25,000 kilometers of paved road, one of the highest proportions in the planet. Puerto Rico is one of the countries with the largest number of vehicles per kilometer (of road) and third in the world in number of cars per 1,000 inhabitants. The film was produced with the idea to raise consciousness and create a dialogue about the ongoing situation of our dependence on cars. It also shows the dangerous circumstances of an island that is slowly being covered by scrap metal.

Isla chatarra

2007

Isla chatarra poster
NR

Isla chatarra describes the phenomenon of the ubiquity of automobiles in Puerto Rico. The island measures slightly less than 9,000 square kilometers, but has 25,000 kilometers of paved road, one of the highest proportions in the planet. Puerto Rico is one of the countries with the largest number of vehicles per kilometer (of road) and third in the world in number of cars per 1,000 inhabitants. The film was produced with the idea to raise consciousness and create a dialogue about the ongoing situation of our dependence on cars. It also shows the dangerous circumstances of an island that is slowly being covered by scrap metal.

Isla chatarra

2007

No artwork available
6.0

On Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos and her poem with the same name.

Interrogaciones

2002

No artwork available
6.0

On Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos and her poem with the same name.

Interrogaciones

2002

No artwork available
NR

Examines the work of the DanzÉ group, by DanzActiva, in which the dancer Paulette Beauchamp, through an artistic proposal, directs a group of people with Down Syndrome in bomba dance shows. The documentary presents the experiences of these dancers, the concerns of the parents, and documents the cultural exchange of the group with a group of the city of Seville, Spain.

Algo más

2009

No artwork available
NR

On Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos and her poem with the same name.

Yo misma fui mi ruta

2002

No artwork available
NR

On Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos and her poem with the same name.

Yo misma fui mi ruta

2002

Ser grande poster
NR

The daily life of Juan, Rushian and Ivianyd, three Puerto Rican teenagers, is challenged when they decide to participate in a series of workshops to discover their aspirations and overcome personal limitations. The support of new mentors provokes awareness, but moving forward is not so simple. Obstacles pertaining social, emotional and sexual identity issues are part of this choral portrait on the margins of Caribbean society.

Ser grande

2018

La memoria de las cosas poster
NR

A short documentary that shows the subtle poetics of the storytellers' souls, and the reconstruction of the roof of their house where many individual and shared memories dwell. It is a metaphorical piece and literally dialogues about the spiritual introspection of the being while observing love through texts and performative images.

La memoria de las cosas

2023

No artwork available
NR

Gloria and Diana don’t have the best mother-daughter relationship. Diana fantasizes reactions that show her true feelings towards her mom. During one of her weekly visits to the supermarket, Diana loses her mom and finds what she really feels.

Sábado de Gloria

2011