The story of a couple who wish to marry, but have no money to build a house. A neighbor recommends that they go by the community asking for cooperation, getting everyone to contribute.
In the community of Vega Alta, Puerto Rico, the main character, played by the esteemed comedian José Miguel Agrelot, buys a washing machine for his wife. However, the town has no electrical power. The movie’s depiction of the jíbaro as naive and comical created a rift among the DivEdCo...
It tells the story of a slave rebellion on a sugar plantation in the days leading up to the official abolition of slavery on the island on March 22, 1873.
This film did not make it past the editing process in 1953. It was released four decades later in 1993. Although specialists do not agree on the reason, it's likely that the movie's bitter tone and deviation from the dominant, uplifting DivEdCo narrative were the main reasons. Notable for its...
Geña, Blas' wife, is dedicated solely to housework by her husband's disposition. When Blas suffers an accident and is hospitalized, Geña takes over the coffee harvest. Blas believes her unable to carry out the tasks because he considers them exclusive to men.
Prize winner, Venice Festival 1956. The DivEdCo’s most important attempt to depict women’s rights in the context of modernization processes in Puerto Rico. Modesta leads a group of women in Barrio Sonadora, Guaynabo, in a strike against their husbands to demand their rights in a domestic...
A generational conflict is reflected in the old-fashioned ideas of the landowner, who imposes himself as a dominant figure in the political activity of the rural communities of Puerto Rico.
Adapted from Mexico's "The Forgotten Village". It deals with the fight that develops from the superstitious and ignorant interpretation of a problem and its real, scientific solution.
The role that women should play in the modern-day Puerto Rican family is discussed. The discussion is dramatized by a rural husband and wife involved in a domestic dispute.
