Ricardo Alegría Movies

Based on a Puerto Rican folk tale, the story begins when Mañito, an owl, is invited to a festival. Not feeling happy with the way he looks, Mañito borrows some bright colored feathers in order to attend.

One of the DivEdCo's films that best depicts the history and evolution of another genre of popular music from the coasts and of African origin: the plena. It presents sequences of interpreters of those rhythms in Ponce, in the dances of the coastal areas, and the fusion of popular and refined...

A visual study of the colonial, military and religious architecture of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Meant to inform rural communities about the legacy of the Taínos, the indigenous inhabitants of Puerto Rico, or Borikén, as they called the island.

Zoilo Cajigas y Sotomayor is a carver of wooden models of saints. Don Zoilo is one of Puerto Rico's best-known artisans and was 96 years old at the time of the filming. The film shows the elaborate process behind his craftsmanship.

Focuses on the history of the Archivo General de Puerto Rico (General Archive of Puerto Rico) which started in 1955.

Biographical production that recreates the work of this artist, adoptive son of Puerto Rico, who stood out as a musician, photographer, filmmaker, producer, illustrator, etc.

This anthropological documentary examines the Festival of St. James and its roots in the town of Loíza, Puerto Rico.

Second phase of the excavation of the Caguana Indigenous Ceremonial Park in Utuado, activity led by Dr. Ricardo Alegría.