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Timestorm Series Trailer
The Ventura twins travel through time to preserve Puerto Rico’s true history.
Trailer content written by Dania Ramos
Audio engineering, sound design, and original music by Michael Aquino
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Episode 1: The Storm
Alexa and Beni Ventura are yanked into a timestorm where they meet a distant cousin who gives them an extraordinary mission: travel through time to …
Episode 2: ...Will Change Everything
The Venturas learn their family in Puerto Rico will have to brace for a second hurricane in two weeks. Alexa researches about Horacio Méndez in an unlikely place.
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Episode 3: Atabey
The twins return to the timestorm ready to join Horacio’s mission. They meet an incorporeal entity that helps them prepare for their first quest.
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Episode 4: La Maestra
In San Juan, 1838, Alexa and Beni must retrieve a plea for equality. They meet Maestra Celestina Cordero who is fighting for supplies for her …
Episode 5: Torn
San Juan, 1838: The twins head to La Fortaleza to confront the Spanish guard officer who has stolen the plea for equality.
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Episode 6: Ordinary Lives
The twins struggle to navigate their ordinary lives while keeping their time-traveling quests a secret.
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Written and directed by Dania Ramos
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Episode 7: Broken
The Ventura twins travel to Ponce during the turn of the twentieth century to retrieve a broken promise. They meet future educator Lola Tizol and …
Episode 8: Changing Times
The Ventura twins come to terms with their changing neighborhood, friendships, and lives. The library gets critical help with hurricane relief efforts.
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Episode 9: Invisible
The Ventura twins travel to 1975 to find an invisible danger at the University of Puerto Rico. They meet Monsi Román, a primary school student …
Episode 10: Answer the Call
A Newark neighborhood unites to get donated goods shipped to Puerto Rico. The Venturas finally hear word about family on the island.
Please be advised this episode mentions Hurricane Maria.
Minisode: This Is Me
Several stages of Sonia's songwriting.
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Script, sound design, and original music by Michael Aquino
Story by Dania Ramos
”This Is Me” written by Michael Aquino (guitar) and …
Minisode: Mysterious Voices
The twins do some sleuthing about L. J. Ortega and find a strange clue: secret audio with mysterious voices.
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Written and directed by Dania Ramos
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Minisode: Thad's Deal
Thad makes an admission, a deal, and an offer.
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Written and directed by Dania Ramos
Audio engineering, sound design, and music by Michael Aquino
”Yo Soy America” written by …
Bonus: Consolación by Claudio Brindis de Salas
A behind-the-scenes episode about how the Timestorm team recorded violinist Aurora Méndez performing ”Consolación,” which was composed by Claudio …
Bonus: The Music of Timestorm Season 1
Michael Aquino shares how he created the music featured in season 1 of Timestorm.
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Script, audio engineering, sound design, and original music by Michael Aquino
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Special: The Heart of Newark
Sonia and Janelly perform in the Heart of Newark fundraiser at the Brick City Cafe. The emcee for the event is Josie Nevarez, the mysterious owner of Taíno Comics and Games.
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Bonus: Actor Chat with Claudio and Leilany
A brief chat with cast members Claudio Venancio (Beni) and Leilany Figueroa (Alexa).
Audio engineering, sound design, and music by Michael Aquino
Episode art photo and design: M. Aquino.
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Bonus: Las Maestras
A bonus episode featuring moments with women teachers: Celestina Cordero, Lolita Tizol, and Monsi Román’s fictional teacher, Señora Ramirez.
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Bonus: Season 1 Recap
Looking forward to season 2 and revisiting season 1.
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Written by Dania Ramos and Andrew Siañez-De La O
Directed by Dania Ramos
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Season 2 Trailer
The Ventura twins are back! Their new adventures will send them to 3 continents…and 3 centuries.
Trailer content written by Dania Ramos and Andrew Siañez-De La O
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Episode 11: What Is Missing?
When a spring thunderstorm approaches the city of Newark, the Ventura twins hope they’ll soon be heading back into the timestorm. But first, Beni and Janelly suspect there's something …
Episode 12: Naming
In 1810, the Ventura twins search for the beat of three motherlands in a Wolof village in the Saint-Louis region of Senegal in West Africa. They meet …
Episode 13: Unfinished Business
After the Ventura twins return from their journey to nineteenth-century Senegal, they face unfinished business with their friends back home in twenty-first-century Newark.
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Episode 14: Before He Was Cacique
The Ventura twins are sent to Guaynia, Borikén, in 1488 to carve the beat of three motherlands. They meet Aguey, a teen boy afraid to recite the Taíno creation tale at his village’s areíto.
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Episode 15: Keeping Count
The Venturas spend the day at a music festival in Branch Brook Park. Janelly does some solo investigating at Taíno Comics and Games. Datu joins Josie …
Minisode: Tapestry
A look back at the moment when Datu learned about Josie's secret tapestry.
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Written and directed by Dania Ramos
Audio engineering, sound design, and music by Michael Aquino
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Minisode: Beni's Silence
Beni recalls an unsettling moment during the music festival that left him speechless.
This minisode includes a moment of racialized language. Please see below for content resources.
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Episode 16: First Impression
When the Ventura twins land inside La Academia de San Fernando in Madrid in 1852, they must find Francisco Oller, an art student who can help them with their quest.
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Episode 17: Full Circle
Loiza, Puerto Rico, 1890: The Ventura twins meet a family of storytellers and recognize one member from a previous quest.
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Episode 18: Mistaken Identity
Janelly finds a mysterious item hidden inside Taíno Comics and Games. Alexa, Beni, and Sonia join her investigation to uncover the identity of the person who hid the secret object.
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Episode 19: Primos
The Ventura twins travel to San Juan in 1999 where they find a message from family inside an iconic park.
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Written and directed by Dania Ramos
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Episode 20: Instant
Josie shows the secret tapestry to Alexa and Beni and plans for the three of them to travel to the other store together…but someone tags along.
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Minisode: Take Up Space
The Ventura twins make new connections in their family tree.
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Written and directed by Dania Ramos
Audio engineering, sound design, and music by Michael Aquino
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Minisode: Rising Sun
Guaynia, Borikén, 1510: Aguey walks in the woods with his wife Karaya. They recall a simpler time before the Spanish arrived on the island and life as they knew it changed forever.
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Bonus: The Beat of Three Motherlands
Michael Aquino shares how he collaborated with musicians to create the music featured in season 2 of Timestorm.
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Special: Treasure
The Ventura twins meet a mysterious figure and learn the name of the treasure they will soon seek.
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Written and directed by Dania Ramos
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Bonus: Timestorm Bloopers
Bloopers, outtakes, and lots of laughs with the lead actors of Timestorm.
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Audio engineering, editing, and sound design by Michael Aquino
Writing by Dania Ramos
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Minisode: Newark Sounds
After Sonia wins the Newark Sounds contest, the studio version of her original song hits the airwaves.
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Script, engineering, sound design, and original music by Michael …
Minisode: The Hidden Past
Horacio and Atabey prepare the Ventura twins for their upcoming quests—and additional clues are revealed.
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Written and directed by Dania Ramos
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Bonus: Season 2 Recap
A look back at season 2 of Timestorm.
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Written by Dania Ramos and Andrew Siañez-De La O
Directed by Dania Ramos
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Season 3 Trailer
The Ventura twins hunt for three sacred artifacts in a thrilling cross-island adventure that takes them from the ruins of a lighthouse to towering heights in a tropical rainforest.
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Episode 21: Faro
The Ventura twins seek a clue for their next quest inside a lighthouse in Aguadilla during the flu pandemic of 1918.
Please be advised this episode briefly depicts an earthquake.
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Episode 22: Punta Borinquen
The Ventura twins return to the lighthouse they visited one hundred years earlier where they find an artifact in an unexpected place.
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Written and directed by Dania Ramos
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Episode 23: Tibes
Tibes, 1980: The Ventura twins run into a pair of archeologists while searching for an artifact in an excavation site of a former Taíno village.
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Episode 24: Punta de Flecha
Josie and Janelly join the twins on a trip to the Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center to complete the quest. Tensions rise when Janelly and the twins disagree about what to do after the …
Minisode: Shed
Horacio recalls when his abuelo gave him a gift for his eleventh birthday.
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Written and directed by Dania Ramos
Sound design, audio engineering, and music by Michael Aquino
Episode 25: El Yunque
El Yunque, 1938: In the mountainous rainforest, the Ventura twins come across Gael, a Civilian Conservation Corps worker, who hides a metal container in the foundation of a future …
Episode 26: Torre Más Alta
Josie, Alexa, and Beni head to the El Yunque National Rainforest to retrieve a metal container from the base of an observation tower...unaware that someone else is also searching for it.
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Minisode: Memoria
Horacio recalls a visit to Old San Juan on the day he left for the School of Infantry.
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Written and directed by Dania Ramos
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Episode 27: Clouded
Lalo helps the Ventura twins locate the arrowhead before Kaylee returns. When an anomaly is triggered, Horacio, Alexa, and Beni find themselves in a murky place.
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Minisode: Adiós
An anomaly lets Horacio say goodbye.
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Written and directed by Dania Ramos
Sound design, audio engineering, and music by Michael Aquino
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Episode 28: Witness Find Remember...
The Ventura twins create their own quest and return a trio of artifacts to where they belong.
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Written and directed by Dania Ramos
Sound design and music by Michael Aquino
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