Film Unit Of The Division Of Community Education Puerto Rico Movies

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

The effects of emotional neglect on an only child.

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

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.

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

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

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

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...

The role that women should play in the modern-day Puerto Rican family is discussed. The discussion is dramatized by a rural husband and wife involved...

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...

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

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

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

Educates communities about tuberculosis prevention and treatment.

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

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

A generational conflict is reflected in the old-fashioned ideas of the landowner, who imposes himself as a dominant figure in the political activity...

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

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