Divedco Movies

  • 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
  • 1961
    Splendor

    Splendor

    Splendor

    7.51961HD

    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,...

    Splendor
  • 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
    Brainless John

    Brainless John

    Brainless John

    5.21959HD

    A man believes all the advertising he hears.

    Brainless John
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1970
    Pueblito de Santiago

    Pueblito de Santiago

    Pueblito de Santiago

    01970HD

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

    Pueblito de Santiago
  • 1964
    La guardarraya

    La guardarraya

    La guardarraya

    01964HD

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

    La guardarraya
  • 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...

    La buena herencia
  • 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...

    Doña Julia
  • 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...

    El santero
  • 1959
    Intolerance

    Intolerance

    Intolerance

    01959HD

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

    Intolerance
  • 1963
    La noche de don Manuel

    La noche de don Manuel

    La noche de don Manuel

    01963HD

    A generational conflict is reflected in the old-fashioned ideas of the landowner, who imposes himself as a dominant figure in the political activity...

    La noche de don Manuel
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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...

    La plena
  • 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...

    Olas y arenas
  • 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...

    Modesta
  • 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...

    The One with White Shanks
  • 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...

    Roots of Happiness