Divedco Movies

  • 1952
    Las manos del hombre

    Las manos del hombre

    Las manos del hombre

    81952HD

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

    Las manos del hombre
  • 1970
    Fragmento

    Fragmento

    Fragmento

    01970HD

    The effects of emotional neglect on an only child.

    Fragmento
  • 1961
    Splendor

    Splendor

    Splendor

    7.51961HD

    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,...

    Splendor
  • 1956
    El santero

    El santero

    El santero

    5.21956HD

    Zoilo Cajigas y Sotomayor is a carver of wooden models of saints. Don Zoilo is one of Puerto Rico's best-known artisans and was 96 years old at the...

    El santero
  • 1952
    A Voice on the Mountain

    A Voice on the Mountain

    A Voice on the Mountain

    5.41952HD

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

    A Voice on the Mountain
  • 1963
    La noche de don Manuel

    La noche de don Manuel

    La noche de don Manuel

    01963HD

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

    La noche de don Manuel
  • 1955
    The One with White Shanks

    The One with White Shanks

    The One with White Shanks

    01955HD

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

    The One with White Shanks
  • 1953
    Roots of Happiness

    Roots of Happiness

    Roots of Happiness

    01953HD

    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...

    Roots of Happiness
  • 1966
    La plena

    La plena

    La plena

    01966HD

    One of the DivEdCo's films that best depicts the history and evolution of another genre of popular music from the coasts and of African origin: the...

    La plena
  • 1970
    Pueblito de Santiago

    Pueblito de Santiago

    Pueblito de Santiago

    01970HD

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

    Pueblito de Santiago
  • 1956
    Mayo florido

    Mayo florido

    Mayo florido

    01956HD

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

    Mayo florido
  • 1951
    Los peloteros

    Los peloteros

    Los peloteros

    61951HD

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

    Los peloteros
  • 1965
    Chela

    Chela

    Chela

    01965HD

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

    Chela
  • 1967
    La buena herencia

    La buena herencia

    La buena herencia

    01967HD

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

    La buena herencia
  • 1957
    I, Juan Ponce de León

    I, Juan Ponce de León

    I, Juan Ponce de León

    01957HD

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

    I, Juan Ponce de León
  • 1956
    Modesta

    Modesta

    Modesta

    51956HD

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

    Modesta
  • 1961
    Milagro en la montaña

    Milagro en la montaña

    Milagro en la montaña

    01961HD

    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,...

    Milagro en la montaña
  • 1964
    Hope

    Hope

    Hope

    01964HD

    Educates communities about tuberculosis prevention and treatment.

    Hope
  • 1951
    El puente

    El puente

    El puente

    51951HD

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

    El puente
  • 1959
    El yugo

    El yugo

    El yugo

    61959HD

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

    El yugo