Puerto Rican Passages provides a comprehensive overview about Puerto Rico, and the Puerto Rican population in the United States, specifically Connecticut. It touches upon issues such as the history of Puerto Rico, immigration, politics and economy, and social and cultural issues concerning Puerto Ricans. The documentary aims at capturing the reasons for the large number of Puerto Rican population in Connecticut, and how their community is often misperceived.
Through first-person reminiscences and interviews, the viewer can have an insight into the problems that the Puerto Rican population has to face in terms of language barriers, school problems, and welfare dependence. One of the key scenes in Puerto