Divedco Movies

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...

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

The story of a couple who wish to marry, but have no money to build a house. A neighbor recommends that they go by the community asking for...

A dramatization of the way a group of rural people resolve their issues with an authoritarian town leader.

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

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...

The effects of emotional neglect on an only child.

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

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

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

Illustrates the dilemma of a sugarcane worker who has a child out of wedlock without his wife’s knowledge.

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

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

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

Short musical film in which young Puerto Ricans of the Tuna of Comerío interpret melodies of the Christmas folklore of Puerto Rico.

Geña, Blas' wife, is dedicated solely to housework by her husband's disposition. When Blas suffers an accident and is hospitalized,...

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

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

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...