Director
This film is another cautionary tale about an emotionally isolated child from a middle-class, urban family fragmented by modern living.
Director of Photography
Machuchal is a rural healer that uses ancient methods and herbs as cures, obtaining the confidence of the community for many years. After an emergency in which a child almost dies, Machuchal is persuaded to attend nursing school.
Director of Photography
Chico, a young Puerto Rican living in Spanish Harlem, becomes a heroin addict after a rivalry between him and his father for his mother's affection. Following a 6-month jail term, he is now cured of his drug habit and working in his father's business. Chico meets Nick, his former dealer, for a casual drink, but his father assumes he has resumed drug use.
Director
A couple in love listens to Roque Navarro and his group interpret several romantic melodies.
Writer
Triburcio Pérez, a jíbaro, runs for mayor of Machuchal.
Art Direction
Triburcio Pérez, a jíbaro, runs for mayor of Machuchal.
Director of Photography
Triburcio Pérez, a jíbaro, runs for mayor of Machuchal.
Director
Short musical film in which young Puerto Ricans of the Tuna of Comerío interpret melodies of the Christmas folklore of Puerto Rico.
Director
Educates communities about tuberculosis prevention and treatment.
Director
A historic adaptation of the life of José Pablo Morales who fought against an exploitative system of payment to day laborers during the reign of the Spanish governor General Juan de la Pezuela in mid nineteenth century Puerto Rico.
Director
Geña, Blas' wife, is dedicated solely to housework by her husband's disposition. When Blas suffers an accident and is hospitalized, Geña takes over the coffee harvest. Blas believes her unable to carry out the tasks because he considers them exclusive to men.
Director
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, 1873.
Director
A man believes all the advertising he hears.
Director of Photography
In a small rural town, everybody lays eyes on Maruja, the most beautiful woman there. After the son of the mayor comes back from France, he also notices Maruja, setting forth events of love, jealousy, guilt, and anger.
Director
A melodramatic romance that tells the story of a community that shuns the arrival of a new neighbor.
Cinematography
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.
Director
An artistic short on the floral beauty of Puerto Rico set to folk music.
Director of Photography
A young boy becomes intrigued by one of the characters in his village's celebration of its patron saint.
Director of Photography
Prize winner, Venice Festival 1956. The DivEdCo’s most important attempt to depict women’s rights in the context of modernization processes in Puerto Rico. Modesta leads a group of women in Barrio Sonadora, Guaynabo, in a strike against their husbands to demand their rights in a domestic context.
Director
Details of the life of Juan Ponce de León, founder of the city of San Juan and first governor of Puerto Rico.
Writer
Prize winner, Venice Festival 1956. The DivEdCo’s most important attempt to depict women’s rights in the context of modernization processes in Puerto Rico. Modesta leads a group of women in Barrio Sonadora, Guaynabo, in a strike against their husbands to demand their rights in a domestic context.
