# \[Home movie: Recovering American and Puerto Rican Narratives from the Caribbean, 1999, Jorge Saralegui, Amara, rolling skates\]

Synopsis A home movie from 1999 by Keyvan Antonio Heydari in Carmen Vázquez's house. He documents film producer and friend of the family, Jorge Saralegui, and his daughter Amara. Keyvan gives Amara a pair of rolling skates, which she tries for the first time. Collection description This film (Heydari_0004) is part of the collection Recovering American and Puerto Rican Narratives from the Caribbean . This media belongs mainly to the Vázquez family. Much of the footage was captured by Lt. Col. Juan Vázquez, and his family. He acquired movie and photo cameras during his military career and on the way to the Korean War, where he was a commander with the Korean Military Advisory Group (KMAG). He had also been with the decorated Borinqueneers (65 de Infantería) regiment, and then returned to Puerto Rico. His was one of the first citizen movie cameras on the island. Lt. Col. Vázquez was given the honor of being the translator and liaison for President Franklin Roosevelt when he visited Puerto Rico in the 1930s. There are Army brass and political figures in the material. His son Dennis Vázquez also served in the Army, specifically in Vietnam and he testified in the My Lai trial. Carmen Vázquez is the family historian and has done a good job of archiving and preserving the media, and over generations added to the collection. The recorded media reflects cultural and historic significance in the Caribbean and the mainland. U.S. Army families in Puerto Rico in the 1940s, the Army's…

- Kind: Home movie
- Year: 1999
- By: Keyvan Antonio Heydari
- Genres: Children's
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/ALCF_Heydari_0004)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/ALCF_Heydari_0004?play=1)