Film Unit Of The Division Of Community Education Puerto Rico Movies

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

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

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

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,...

A man believes all the advertising he hears.

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

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

In the community of Vega Alta, Puerto Rico, the main character, played by the esteemed comedian José Miguel Agrelot, buys a washing machine...

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

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...

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,...

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.

Aimed to educate the people, and especially those who lived in the most vulnerable areas, about important safety measures to be taken before, during,...

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

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...

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

An artistic short on the floral beauty of Puerto Rico set to folk music.

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

Educates communities about tuberculosis prevention and treatment.