Film Unit Of The Division Of Community Education Puerto Rico Movies
- 1970
Pueblito de Santiago
Pueblito de Santiago01970HD
Adapted from Mexico's "The Forgotten Village". It deals with the fight that develops from the superstitious and ignorant interpretation of a problem...
- 1963
La noche de don Manuel
La noche de don Manuel01963HD
A generational conflict is reflected in the old-fashioned ideas of the landowner, who imposes himself as a dominant figure in the political activity...
- 1958
El secreto
El secreto01958HD
Illustrates the dilemma of a sugarcane worker who has a child out of wedlock without his wife’s knowledge.
- 1951
Los peloteros
Los peloteros61951HD
A group of kids in a poverty-stricken Puerto Rican rural town need money to purchase baseball uniforms for little league.
- 1961
El gallo pelón
El gallo pelón01961HD
In the community of Vega Alta, Puerto Rico, the main character, played by the esteemed comedian José Miguel Agrelot, buys a washing machine...
- 1952
A Voice on the Mountain
A Voice on the Mountain5.41952HD
Field workers in Puerto Rico want to have a night school.
- 1957
When Fathers Forget
When Fathers Forget01957HD
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.
- 1951
El puente
El puente51951HD
The efforts of a community to build a bridge which would allow their children to go school during the rainy season.
- 1961
Splendor
Splendor7.51961HD
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,...
- 1949
Desde las nubes
Desde las nubes01949HD
The first documentary produced by the Division of Community Education (DivEdCo) featuring modern and experimental audio techniques with aerial shots...
- 1959
Intolerance
Intolerance01959HD
A melodramatic romance that tells the story of a community that shuns the arrival of a new neighbor.
- 1964
The Awaited Man
The Awaited Man01964HD
A historic adaptation of the life of José Pablo Morales who fought against an exploitative system of payment to day laborers during the reign...
- 1955
Modesta
Modesta51955HD
Prize winner, Venice Festival 1956. The DivEdCo’s most important attempt to depict women’s rights in the context of modernization...
- 1964
La guardarraya
La guardarraya01964HD
The location of the dividing line between two farms causes friction between two families.
- 1959
El cacique
El cacique01959HD
A dramatization of the way a group of rural people resolve their issues with an authoritarian town leader.
- 1955
Nenén of the Moorish Way
Nenén of the Moorish Way5.51955HD
A young boy becomes intrigued by one of the characters in his village's celebration of its patron saint.
- 1956
El santero
El santero5.21956HD
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...
- 1959
El yugo
El yugo61959HD
The exploitation of fisherman in Fajardo, Puerto Rico and how the laborers reached their economic independence through operative alliances.
- 1961
Milagro en la montaña
Milagro en la montaña01961HD
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,...
- 1958
Parranda campesina
Parranda campesina01958HD
The Cordillera de Puerto Rico is presented while Gala Hernández and his group, together with Juaniquillo, perform melodies as part of a...