Film Unit Of The Division Of Community Education Puerto Rico Movies

  • 1951
    El puente

    El puente

    El puente

    51951HD

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

    El puente
  • 2024
    Pueblito de Santiago

    Pueblito de Santiago

    Pueblito de Santiago

    02024HD

    Adapted from Mexico's "The Forgotten Village". It deals with the fight that develops from the superstitious and ignorant interpretation of a problem a...

    Pueblito de Santiago
  • 1952
    A Voice on the Mountain

    A Voice on the Mountain

    A Voice on the Mountain

    5.41952HD

    Field workers in Puerto Rico want to have a night school.

    A Voice on the Mountain
  • 1955
    Modesta

    Modesta

    Modesta

    51955HD

    Prize winner, Venice Festival 1956. The DivEdCo’s most important attempt to depict women’s rights in the context of modernization processes in Puerto...

    Modesta
  • 1956
    Mayo florido

    Mayo florido

    Mayo florido

    01956HD

    An artistic short on the floral beauty of Puerto Rico set to folk music.

    Mayo florido
  • 1951
    Los peloteros

    Los peloteros

    Los peloteros

    61951HD

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

    Los peloteros
  • 1959
    Brainless John

    Brainless John

    Brainless John

    5.21959HD

    A man believes all the advertising he hears.

    Brainless John
  • 1952
    Las manos del hombre

    Las manos del hombre

    Las manos del hombre

    81952HD

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

    Las manos del hombre
  • 1958
    El contemplado: Isla Cordillera

    El contemplado: Isla Cordillera

    El contemplado: Isla Cordillera

    01958HD

    Presents general shots of the central mountain range of Puerto Rico.

    El contemplado: Isla Cordillera
  • 1964
    The Awaited Man

    The Awaited Man

    The Awaited Man

    01964HD

    A historic adaptation of the life of José Pablo Morales who fought against an exploitative system of payment to day laborers during the reign of the S...

    The Awaited Man
  • 1956
    Ignacio

    Ignacio

    Ignacio

    01956HD

    Recreates the town meetings which were a staple of the DivEdCo project. True-life residents debate community priorities, in this case the advisability...

    Ignacio
  • 1993
    A Day in the Life

    A Day in the Life

    A Day in the Life

    01993HD

    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 reaso...

    A Day in the Life
  • 1959
    El yugo

    El yugo

    El yugo

    61959HD

    The exploitation of fisherman in Fajardo, Puerto Rico and how the laborers reached their economic independence through operative alliances.

    El yugo
  • 1959
    Intolerance

    Intolerance

    Intolerance

    01959HD

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

    Intolerance
  • 1955
    Doña Julia

    Doña Julia

    Doña Julia

    01955HD

    The story revolves around the sickness of Dona Julia’s daughter Maria. After a bad experience at the local hospital, she seeks cures through non-tradi...

    Doña Julia
  • 1966
    La plena

    La plena

    La plena

    01966HD

    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 pl...

    La plena
  • 1956
    El santero

    El santero

    El santero

    5.21956HD

    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 ti...

    El santero
  • 1966
    La ronda incompleta

    La ronda incompleta

    La ronda incompleta

    01966HD

    Documentary on patients of the Instituto Psicopedagógico (Psycho-Pedagogical Institute) of Puerto Rico.

    La ronda incompleta
  • 1955
    Nenén of the Moorish Way

    Nenén of the Moorish Way

    Nenén of the Moorish Way

    5.51955HD

    A young boy becomes intrigued by one of the characters in his village's celebration of its patron saint.

    Nenén of the Moorish Way
  • 1964
    The Jug

    The Jug

    The Jug

    01964HD

    A cautionary film about what were thought to be rural superstitions and practices in Puerto Rico.

    The Jug