Blackness is our heart, our soul, our pulse but Blackness – as a political identity and radical tradition – remains inaccessible to the collective throughout much of the Spanish speaking Caribbean. Aqui no hay racismo (there is no racism here) is the ubiquitous response we receive whenever we attempt to denounce racism. The prevailing notion is that “everyone is mixed” and because of that racism is untenable. This “mestizaje” or racial mixing narrative has erased the history of eugenics assimilation projects that sought to have African and Indigenous people “breed” into whiteness to create “race-less” white/mestizo archetypes. Dissonant Maroons disrupts historical racial narratives and affirms contemporary Blackness in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. This piece seeks to create a space for reflection on the dissonance that is required to exist in countries that demand you to deny your own reflection in order to belong. There is information and technology in this dissonance, at these intersections, at these crossroads. The 3 channels will combine archival footage, lyrical evocative sequences, cinema verite, and original music and will be arranged in a broad U shape to create an immersive experience.