Fragmento

Fragmento 1970

1

The effects of emotional neglect on an only child.

1970

Pueblito de Santiago

Pueblito de Santiago 1970

1

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.

1970

Splendor

Splendor 1961

7.50

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.

1961

Los peloteros

Los peloteros 1951

6.00

A group of kids in a poverty-stricken Puerto Rican rural town need money to purchase baseball uniforms for little league.

1951

Intolerance

Intolerance 1959

1

A melodramatic romance that tells the story of a community that shuns the arrival of a new neighbor.

1959

¿Qué opina la mujer?

¿Qué opina la mujer? 1957

1

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.

1957

Las manos del hombre

Las manos del hombre 1952

8.00

Educational documentary which extols the different forms of labor, and its importance to Puerto Rico’s progress.

1952

Modesta

Modesta 1956

5.00

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 context.

1956

La guardarraya

La guardarraya 1964

1

The location of the dividing line between two farms causes friction between two families.

1964

The One with White Shanks

The One with White Shanks 1955

1

The blacklisted American documentarian Willard Van Dyke filmed this tale about tobacco workers in the heart of the Puerto Rican countryside. Heeding their wives’ advice, individuals join forces in a cooperative so they can sell their crop of tobacco leaves at fair market value.

1955

Milagro en la montaña

Milagro en la montaña 1961

1

The film recreates the miracle of the birth of Jesus in a Puerto Rican field. It begins with the pilgrimage of Mary and Joseph, the birth of Jesus, and the arrival of the Three Kings.

1961

El secreto

El secreto 1958

1

Illustrates the dilemma of a sugarcane worker who has a child out of wedlock without his wife’s knowledge.

1958

El puente

El puente 1951

5.00

The efforts of a community to build a bridge which would allow their children to go school during the rainy season.

1951

Olas y arenas

Olas y arenas 1968

1

Posthumous homage to Sylvia Rexach, considered one of the best composers of popular Spanish music. Her daughter, Sharon Reily Rexach, plays the musical composition "Olas y Arenas".

1968

When Fathers Forget

When Fathers Forget 1957

1

A family relationship drama about a strict father who wants to control his son, who in turn leaves his father's house and moves to the city.

1957

I, Juan Ponce de León

I, Juan Ponce de León 1957

1

Details of the life of Juan Ponce de León, founder of the city of San Juan and first governor of Puerto Rico.

1957

Pedro Flores

Pedro Flores 1960

1

Biographical documentary on the life and work of Pedro Flores, internationally renowned Puerto Rican musician.

1960

Geña la de Blas

Geña la de Blas 1964

1

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.

1964

Brainless John

Brainless John 1959

5.20

A man believes all the advertising he hears.

1959