Film Unit Of The Division Of Community Education Puerto Rico Movies

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

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

It presents the problem of physically disability through a young crippled and the attitudes of the community towards them.

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...

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

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

The effects of emotional neglect on an only child.

A man believes all the advertising he hears.

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, an...

The blacklisted American documentarian Willard Van Dyke filmed this tale about tobacco workers in the heart of the Puerto Rican countryside. Heeding t...

Posthumous homage to Sylvia Rexach, considered one of the best composers of popular Spanish music. Her daughter, Sharon Reily Rexach, plays the musica...

Dramatizes the case of a family in which the father respects and loves his wife and children, permitting each to develop as an individual, and contras...

Meant to inform rural communities about the legacy of the Taínos, the indigenous inhabitants of Puerto Rico, or Borikén, as they called the island.

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

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 reaso...

Documentary about the annual athletics event held in Coamo, with the participation of the world's best long-distance athletes.

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

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

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

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 confron...