>>> THAT WAS A CLIP FROM 1991.

RAUL JULIA IS NOT KNOWN FOR HIS WORK IN HOLLYWOOD BUT FOR HIS GROUND BREAKING ROLE IN SHAKESPEARE PRODUCTIONS FOR THE PUBLIC STATION.

SADLY JULIAS' CAREER WAS CUT SHORT AT AGE 54.

13 AMERICAN MASTERS AND PUBLIC CASTING, JOIN FORCES TO PRESENT THE FIRST DOCUMENT OF HIS AMAZING LIFE AND WORK.

RAUL JULIAS, FROM HIS NATIVE PUERTO RICO TO THE CREATIVE HOT BID OF NEW YORK CITY IN THE 1960s AND TO PROMINENCE ON BROADWAY IN HOLLYWOOD.

HERE IS A LOOK.

>> RAUL IS EXTRAORDINARY MAGNETIC.

HE SPOKEN HIS PROUD PUERTO RICAN ACCENT.

>> PROUD.

>> MY OWN PUERTO RICAN BACKGROUND.

>> THE FIRST TIME I SAW SHAKESPEARE, THE PART WAS MESMERIZING.

>> HE WAS ON THE POSTER EVERYWHERE WHEN IT WAS SO INSPIRING TO SEE IT EVERYWHERE AND EVERY TRAIN STATION.

>> I HAVE NEVER SEEN AN ACTOR LIKE RAUL.

>> IT WAS ART FROM THE VIEW.

>> MY DAD FELT THAT HE COULD CREATE CHANGE IN THE WORLD AND BE AN ACTIVIST AS AN ACTOR THROUGH THE ROLE THAT IS HE PLAYED.

>> IT IS NO LONGER YOU OR I, IT IS YOU AND I.

>> HE WAS UNDENIABLE.

>> WHEN YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF TALENT AND DISCIPLINE.

SUCCESS COULD NOT BE AVOIDED.

>> THAT'S THE BEAUTY.

JOINING US NOW TO TALK ABOUT THE DOCUMENTARY, THE FILM IN THEATER AND THE WORLD AND HIS WIFE IS MARY POLLAWAY.

>> THANK YOU FOR ASKING ME TO BE HERE.

>> LET'S GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING, HOW DID YOU COME TOGETHER?

WAS IT LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT?

>> I FELL IN LOVE WITH RAUL IN INSTANTLY WHEN HE REMOVED HIS GLASSES AND HE LOOKED AT ME WITH THOSE BEAUTIFUL BROWN EYES, WHO YOU, THAT'S SOMETHING.

I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT TOOK HIM AROUND FEELING THE SAME WAY ABOUT ME.

>> LISTEN, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE FILM MAKE THE POINT IN THE COURSE OF HIS CAREER, RAUL, BROKE NEW GROUND AS A HISPANIC ACTOR AND AS AN ACTOR, PERIOD.

I THINK THE FILM SHOWS IT ALL TRUE.

WHY DID IT TAKE 25 YEARS TO MAKE A FILM LIKE THIS ABOUT THIS LARGER THAN LIFE MAN?

>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

I DON'T KNOW WHY.

I AM THANKFUL THAT IT HAPPENED.

IT HAPPENED BECAUSE THEN JESUS CAME TO ME 2.5 YEARS AGO AND HE ASKED ME THE SAME THING.

HOW COME THERE IS NOT A DOCUMENTARY OF RAUL?

HE'S NOT MY GENERATION BUT I GREW UP AND I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT HIM.

I KNOW THERE IS A GREAT OUT POURING AFFECTION FOR RAUL AND WE GIVE MANY REWARDS THROUGH THE PUERTO RICAN FAMILY INSTITUTE.

THIS WAS ALL HAPPENING THE LAST 25 YEARS AND THEN IT CAME TO ME AND I ASKED ME YES, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

>> SO, IT IS HARD ENOUGH FOR ACTOR BORN AND BRED AND MAKE IT IN THIS CRUEL BUSINESS.

HOW MUCH HARDER WAS IT FOR A MAN WHO'S BORN AND BRED IN PUERTO RICO CAME TO THE UNITED STATES AS AN ADULT TO MAKE IT IN THE BUSINESS.

HOW HARD IN OTHER WORDS WAS IT FOR RAUL JULIAS?

>> IT WAS CHALLENGING IN THE BEGINNING.

>> HE WON THE AMATEUR HOUR WHEN HE WAS STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL.

THERE WAS TALENT THERE.

HE WAS SEEN IN THE PRODUCTION AND AFTER THE SHOW, HE SAID RAUL, YOU MUST COME TO NEW YORK.

RAUL WAS THINKING TO GO TO NEW YORK AND GOING TO EUROPE.

AFTERWARDS, HE CAME TO NEW YORK.

WHAT HAPPENS WAS HE MOTIVATED TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND HE KNEW WHERE HE WAS.

HE WAS BORN IN PUERTO RICO.

MY SON MAKES THIS POINT, MY SON MAKES THIS POINT.

YOU ARE NOT LATINO IN PUERTO RICO.

YOU ARE YOU IN PUERTO RICO.

IF WHEN YOU COME HERE THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU ARE LATINO.

RAUL HAD WONDERFUL PARENTS AND UPBRINGING HERE SO HE WAS ARMED WITH A CERTAIN KNOWLEDGE AND CONFIDENCE.

HE WAS ABLE TO PRESS THROUGH EVERYTHING TO MAKE IT IN THE END.

>> I THINK I TOLD YOU THIS WHEN WE FIRST MET A FEW YEARS AGO THAT THE FIRST TIME I SAW RAUL PERFORMED, I WENT WITH MY BROTHER AFTER I MOVE TO NEW YORK TO SEE HIM IN SHAKESPEARE.

I CAN CLEARLY UNDERSTAND WHEN HE SPEAKS SHAKESPEARIAN AND NOT ONLY THAT, HE DOES IT SO NATURALLY.

HE WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST OF THE LATE 20th CENTURY.

WHAT MAKES THIS PUERTO RICAN ACTOR SUCH A GREAT SHAKESPEARIAN ACT?

>> HE LOVES ACTING AND HE LOVED THE WORDS HIMSELF.

THE STORY TELLER OF THE SPANISH HERITAGE SINCE HIGH SCHOOL.

HE ALWAYS STUDIED THEM AND ALWAYS APPRECIATED IT AND ALWAYS WAS SPEAKING THOSE WORDS.

IT DID NOT COME AS A NOVELTY TO HIM.

>> YOU SAY IN THE FILM IN HIS LIFE AND WORK, RAUL TRIED TO BE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WAS POSSIBLE.

WHAT DID HE TEACH YOU WHAT WAS POSSIBLE AND WHAT DOES HE TEACH WHAT IS POSSIBLE?

>> I THINK RAUL OPERATED THROUGH LIFE.

HE WAS A BIG FAT YES TO LIFE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD A LOT OF REQUESTS AND HE DID NOT LIKE TO SAY NO SO HE WOULD SAY YES.

HE DID A LOT OF THINGS WHICH GAVE HIM GREAT PLEASURE.

IT WOULD SAY THAT IS ONE THING THAT INSPIRES ME.

AFTER WHEN HE PASSED AWAY, WHEN PEOPLE WOULD ASK ME CAN HE DO THIS OR THAT?

I WOULD TRY TO BE LIKE HIM AND SAY YES.

>> I HOPE I HAVE DONE THAT AS MUCH AS I CAN IN HIS NAME.

HE WAS A FULLY SELF EXPRESSED PERSON AND FULLY SELF-EXPRESSED AND JOYFUL THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE WHEN THINGS WERE NOT GOING AS HE WOULD HAVE LIKED THEM TO GO.

HE STILL HAD THE CAPACITY TO SAY OKAY, THAT'S NOT GOING SO WELL BUT ALL THE REST OF MY LIFE, I HAVE TO LIVE A GREAT JOY IN THE MOMENT.

LET'S SPEAK OF THE MOMENT.

IT IS A JOYEST OCCASION THAT I HAD THE CHANCE TO TALK TO YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING ME TO TALK ABOUT THIS GREAT MAN.

>> THANK YOU, RAFAEL.

MY PLEASURE.

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