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Modesta (1955)
Prize winner, Venice Festival 1956. 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.
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Production Companies: Film Unit of the Division of Community Education, Puerto Rico,
Divedco
Country: Puerto Rico
Languages:
Spanish
Runtime: 35 min.
Released: Jan. 1, 1955
Status: Released
Certification: NR
