Film Unit Of The Division Of Community Education Puerto Rico Movies

  • 1952
    A Voice on the Mountain

    A Voice on the Mountain

    A Voice on the Mountain

    5.41952HD

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

    A Voice on the Mountain
  • 1959
    Intolerance

    Intolerance

    Intolerance

    01959HD

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

    Intolerance
  • 1970
    Fragmento

    Fragmento

    Fragmento

    01970HD

    The effects of emotional neglect on an only child.

    Fragmento
  • 1964
    Hope

    Hope

    Hope

    01964HD

    Educates communities about tuberculosis prevention and treatment.

    Hope
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1958
    El secreto

    El secreto

    El secreto

    01958HD

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

    El secreto
  • 1959
    Brainless John

    Brainless John

    Brainless John

    5.21959HD

    A man believes all the advertising he hears.

    Brainless John
  • 1964
    The Awaited Man

    The Awaited Man

    The Awaited Man

    01964HD

    A historic adaptation of the life of José Pablo Morales who fought against an exploitative system of payment to day laborers during the reign...

    The Awaited Man
  • 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
  • 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...

    A Day in the Life
  • 1964
    La guardarraya

    La guardarraya

    La guardarraya

    01964HD

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

    La guardarraya
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1957
    I, Juan Ponce de León

    I, Juan Ponce de León

    I, Juan Ponce de León

    01957HD

    Details of the life of Juan Ponce de León, founder of the city of San Juan and first governor of Puerto Rico.

    I, Juan Ponce de León
  • 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...

    La buena herencia