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.
Title | Modesta |
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Year | 1956 |
Genre | Drama |
Country | Puerto Rico |
Studio | Film Unit of the Division of Community Education, Puerto Rico, Divedco |
Cast | Antonia Hidalgo, Juan Ortiz Jiménez, Barrio Sonadora Community |
Crew | Paul Falkenberg (Editor), Domingo Silás Ortiz (Story), Héctor Campos Parsi (Music), Otoniel Vila (Producer), René Marqués (Writer), Luis A. Maisonet (Writer) |
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Release | Aug 28, 1956 |
Runtime | 35 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 5.00 / 10 by 5 users |