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

Genre: Drama

Cast: Frank Arredondo

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,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Eugenio Navarro

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...

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

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

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ramón Rivero (Diplo)

Documentary on Puerto Rican pianist Elisa Tavárez.

Genre: Documentary

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

Genre: Drama

Cast: Eda Cecilia Oliver

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

Genre: Drama

Cast: Lucy Boscana

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

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

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ulpiano Mulero Rivera

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

Genre: Drama

Cast: Héctor Pagán

The story of a couple who wish to marry, but have no money to build a house. A neighbor recommends that they go by the community asking for...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Iris Martinez

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

Genre: Drama

Cast: Antonia Hidalgo

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

Genre: Drama

Cast: Braulio Castillo

The first documentary produced by the Division of Community Education (DivEdCo) featuring modern and experimental audio techniques with aerial shots...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Antonio Torres Martinó

A man believes all the advertising he hears.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Antonio Torres Martinó

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Flavia Lugo

Biographical documentary on the life and work of Pedro Flores, internationally renowned Puerto Rican musician.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Antonio Torres Martinó

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,...

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