Modesta - 1956

Modesta 1956 Directed by Benjamín Doniger

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.

Country Puerto Rico

Production Country Puerto Rico

Language Spanish

Spoken Language Spanish

Gnere Drama

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

Release Date 28 August 1956

35 mins