Film Unit Of The Division Of Community Education Puerto Rico Movies

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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,...

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

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...

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