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.

The blacklisted American documentarian Willard Van Dyke filmed this tale about tobacco workers in the heart of the Puerto Rican countryside. Heeding their wives’ advice, individuals join forces in a cooperative so they can sell their crop of tobacco leaves at...

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

Presents general shots of the central mountain range of Puerto Rico.

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

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

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 in a domestic dispute.

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.

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 reason, it's likely that the movie's bitter tone and deviation from the dominant, uplifting DivEdCo narrative were...

Three community projects in Naguabo, Fajardo, and Río Grande.

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.

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 contrasts this family with one where discord and hostility prevail.

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 confronted with the health and well-being of their children and of their right to social services.

Documentary on patients of the Instituto Psicopedagógico (Psycho-Pedagogical Institute) of Puerto Rico.

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-traditional medical care. When the potions that she administers fail to cure her daughter, she is persuaded to retu...

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

Posthumous homage to Sylvia Rexach, considered one of the best composers of popular Spanish music. Her daughter, Sharon Reily Rexach, plays the musical composition "Olas y Arenas".

The film narrates the story of Kiko, a poor orphan child of rural Puerto Rico, whose dream is for his puppets to come to life and sing cheerful Christmas melodies, this as a gift of the Three Wise Men.

The Cordillera de Puerto Rico is presented while Gala Hernández and his group, together with Juaniquillo, perform melodies as part of a traditional Puerto Rican Christmas party.