Film Unit of the Division of Community Education, Puerto Rico

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...

A cautionary film about what were thought to be rural superstitions and practices in Puerto Rico.

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,...

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,...

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

A melodramatic romance that tells the story of a community that shuns the arrival of a new neighbor.

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

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

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

Aimed to educate the people, and especially those who lived in the most vulnerable areas, about important safety measures to be taken before, during,...

The location of the dividing line between two farms causes friction between two families.

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

A man believes all the advertising he hears.

Recreates the town meetings which were a staple of the DivEdCo project. True-life residents debate community priorities, in this case the...

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

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

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...

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

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

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