Modesta
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.
Release Date
August 28, 1956
Status
Released
Original Title
Modesta
Runtime
35min
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
Spanish
Production Companies
Film Unit of the Division of Community Education, Puerto RicoDivedco