¹University of Michigan, Michigan

Abstract

In this article, I highlight Frances Negrón-Muntaner's career as an independent filmmaker, and also examine the ongoing pressures that she has endured because of her membership in various marginalized groups. I propose that instead of labeling Negrón-Muntaner under the rubric of some of her identities, we situate her and her films as part of what film scholar Hamid Naficy categorizes as accented cinema. By describing Negrón-Muntaner as an accented filmmaker, I am interpreting her films not as essential depictions of a particular community or of herself, but as personal journeys that operate through and "play" with her multiple identity positionings.