Selected Interviews & Media Mentions of
Roberto Múkaro Borrero
Print and Online
Center for Earth Ethics
Ned Joyner, 12 March 2024
Cultural Survival: Indigenous Rights Radio
Bryan Bixcul (Maya Tz'utujil), Nov. 2023
Grist
Joseph Lee, 2022
Small Islands Big Conversations
Small Islands Institute
November 2021
The Wall Street Journal
Scott Calver and Cameron McWhirter
October 10, 2020
WAMC Northeast Public Radio
America in Context
Shivani Persad
October 1, 2020
The St. John's Source
September 21, 2020
Billboard
Lyndsey Havens
July 16, 2020
ITU Liaison Office to the UN
Twitter
April 30, 2019
Teen Vogue
January 19, 2019
Last Real Indians
Matt Remle
January 10, 2019
El Español
José Gallego Espina
October 12, 2018
Non Profit Quarterly
October 8, 2018
New York Times
Oct. 5, 2018
Native News Online
July 29, 2018
The World
The World Staff
November 3, 2016
Native News Online
Larae Meadows
November 3, 2016
Indian Country Today
Amy Morris
August 10, 2016
Inter Press Service
Aruna Dutt
July 18, 2016
The Jamaica Gleaner
Glenn Villeshby
June 5, 2016
Poughkeepsie Journal
Valerie LaRobardier
May 21, 2016
The Nation
Mark Hertsgaard
December 11, 2015
PIX II
OCTOBER 12, 2015
The Jamaica Gleaner
Paul Williams
July 5, 2014
The Jamaica Gleaner
Paul H. Williams
June 14, 2014
ICHANGE NATIONS MEDIA
October 4, 2013
EFE
09 DE AGOSTO DE 2012
Democracy Now
October 11, 2011
National Geographic News
Kelly Hearn
October 31, 2007
Elmundo.es
EFE
December 14, 2006
Democracy Now!
Amy Goodman
October 10, 2005
Ecospirituality Foundation
January 2005
United Nations
Press Release
August 8, 2004
Orlando Sentinel
Matthew Hay Brown
December 26, 2003
Color Lines Magazine
Cristina Veran,
September 22, 2003
Filmography
2022
“Stonebreakers” chronicles the conflicts around monuments that arose in the United States during the George Floyd protests and the 2020 presidential election. As statues of Columbus, Confederates and Founding Fathers fall from their pedestals, the nation’s triumphalist myths are called into question. By exploring the shifting landscapes of American monumentality, the film interrogates the link between history and political action in a nation that must confront its past now more urgently than ever. Roberto Múkaro Borrero appears as self.
2018
“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. Featuring Roberto Múkaro Borrero (as self); 3N Productions; Directed by Alex Zacarias.
2018
Filmmaker Paul Puglisi traveled across the US to make sense of the controversy surrounding of one of America's most enduring symbols - Christopher Columbus. Conversations with cultural leaders, historians, activists, authors and educators bring to life the perspectives that molded a 15th century sailor into a genocidal conqueror, a messenger of Christ, a cultural icon and a patriotic hero in a land he never knew existed. Directed by Paul Puglisi; Appearance by Roberto Múkaro Borrero (as self).
2014
A clandestine expedition through the communist island of Cuba in search of an indigenous tribe rumored extinct for over three centuries. Mangas Films; Documentary; 47 minutes; Director: Andres Torres; Appearance by Roberto Múkaro Borrero (as self); Roberto Múkaro Borrero, Music.
Spirits of the Jaguar: Hunters of the Caribbean Sea
1997
Using wildlife footage, dramatic recreations and computer simulation, this four-part series explores the great civilizations of the Aztecs, the Maya and the Taino, which dominated the Caribbean and Central America for centuries. BBC/WNET (Thirteen) production; George Page, Narrator; Paul Reddish, director; Roberto Borrero, Actor/Consultant. Broadcast in the USA as part of the series: Nature.
Kasibahagua featured in the New York Times, 2019
Roberto Borrero moderates a panel at UN Headquarters with Joshua Cooper (Hawaiian Institute for Human Rights), Tai Pelli (UCTP), and Sachem Hawk Storm (Schaghticoke First Nations), 2019
Taíno Daka film documentary features Roberto Borrero, 2018
Roberto Borrero interviewed by Sachem Hawk Storm
Roberto Borrero Univision Interview at the National Museum of the American Indian, NY, 2018
With Indigenous leaders in Boulder, Colorado, 2017
Roberto Borrero Quoted in 2014
Amy Goodman interviews Borrero on Indigenous Peoples Day
Roberto Borrero represented the UCTP in this video campaign
Amy Goodman and Roberto Borrero discuss Indigenous Peoples Day
Roberto Borrero was a consultant for and appeared in the film Spirits of the Jaguar