Modesta

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

August 28, 1956

Original language

Spanish

Spoken languages

Spanish

Countries

Puerto Rico

Production

Divedco,Film Unit of the Division of Community Education,Puerto Rico

Cast

Juan Ortiz Jiménez,Barrio Sonadora Community,Antonia Hidalgo

Director

Benjamín Doniger

Writer

Domingo Silás Ortiz,René Marqués,Luis A. Maisonet,Benjamín Doniger

Producer

Otoniel Vila

Cinematography

Luis A. Maisonet

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0178760