Film Unit Of The Division Of Community Education Puerto Rico Movies

  • 1970
    Fragmento

    Fragmento

    Fragmento

    01970HD

    The effects of emotional neglect on an only child.

    Fragmento
  • 1957
    When Fathers Forget

    When Fathers Forget

    When Fathers Forget

    01957HD

    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.

    When Fathers Forget
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1959
    El cacique

    El cacique

    El cacique

    01959HD

    A dramatization of the way a group of rural people resolve their issues with an authoritarian town leader.

    El cacique
  • 1958
    Parranda campesina

    Parranda campesina

    Parranda campesina

    01958HD

    The Cordillera de Puerto Rico is presented while Gala Hernández and his group, together with Juaniquillo, perform melodies as part of a traditional Pu...

    Parranda campesina
  • 1968
    Olas y arenas

    Olas y arenas

    Olas y arenas

    01968HD

    Posthumous homage to Sylvia Rexach, considered one of the best composers of popular Spanish music. Her daughter, Sharon Reily Rexach, plays the musica...

    Olas y arenas
  • 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
  • 1957
    ¿Qué opina la mujer?

    ¿Qué opina la mujer?

    ¿Qué opina la mujer?

    01957HD

    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...

    ¿Qué opina la mujer?
  • 1961
    Milagro en la montaña

    Milagro en la montaña

    Milagro en la montaña

    01961HD

    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, an...

    Milagro en la montaña
  • 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
  • 1971
    Maratón San Blas

    Maratón San Blas

    Maratón San Blas

    01971HD

    Documentary about the annual athletics event held in Coamo, with the participation of the world's best long-distance athletes.

    Maratón San Blas
  • 1951
    Vecinos

    Vecinos

    Vecinos

    01951HD

    Vecinos
  • 1965
    Chela

    Chela

    Chela

    01965HD

    It presents the problem of physically disability through a young crippled and the attitudes of the community towards them.

    Chela
  • 1956
    Mayo florido

    Mayo florido

    Mayo florido

    01956HD

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

    Mayo florido
  • 1967
    La buena herencia

    La buena herencia

    La buena herencia

    01967HD

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

    La buena herencia
  • 1965
    The Challenge

    The Challenge

    The Challenge

    9.51965HD

    Tells the story about a boy with a mental handicap. It was conceived as teaching tools to inform parents about the issues that they faced when confron...

    The Challenge
  • 1953
    Roots of Happiness

    Roots of Happiness

    Roots of Happiness

    01953HD

    Dramatizes the case of a family in which the father respects and loves his wife and children, permitting each to develop as an individual, and contras...

    Roots of Happiness
  • 1955
    The One with White Shanks

    The One with White Shanks

    The One with White Shanks

    01955HD

    The blacklisted American documentarian Willard Van Dyke filmed this tale about tobacco workers in the heart of the Puerto Rican countryside. Heeding t...

    The One with White Shanks
  • 1952
    Pueblo en acción

    Pueblo en acción

    Pueblo en acción

    7.51952HD

    Three community projects in Naguabo, Fajardo, and Río Grande.

    Pueblo en acción