Most Viewed From Film Unit of the Division of Community Education, Puerto Rico

Short musical film in which young Puerto Ricans of the Tuna of Comerío interpret melodies of the Christmas folklore of Puerto Rico.

Genre: Music

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Geña, Blas' wife, is dedicated solely to housework by her husband's disposition. When Blas suffers an accident and is hospitalized,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: María Judith Franco

The blacklisted American documentarian Willard Van Dyke filmed this tale about tobacco workers in the heart of the Puerto Rican countryside. Heeding...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Antonio Torres Martinó

A family relationship drama about a strict father who wants to control his son, who in turn leaves his father's house and moves to the city.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Everlidis Busútil

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

Genre: Drama

Cast: Braulio Castillo

A man believes all the advertising he hears.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Antonio Torres Martinó

The role that women should play in the modern-day Puerto Rican family is discussed. The discussion is dramatized by a rural husband and wife involved...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Inés Mendoza

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...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Antonio Torres Martinó

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

Genre: Drama

Cast: Frank Arredondo

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

Genre: Drama

Cast: Roberto Rivera Negrón

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...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Iris Martinez

Educates communities about tuberculosis prevention and treatment.

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Presents general shots of the central mountain range of Puerto Rico.

Genre: Documentary

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Posthumous homage to Sylvia Rexach, considered one of the best composers of popular Spanish music. Her daughter, Sharon Reily Rexach, plays the...

Genre: Music

Cast: Sharon Riley

José Raúl Ramírez explains the way an electrical organ works and – more than forty years before he recorded his work...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: José R. Ramírez

A couple in love listens to Roque Navarro and his group interpret several romantic melodies.

Genre: Music

Cast: Roque Navarro

Meant to inform rural communities about the legacy of the Taínos, the indigenous inhabitants of Puerto Rico, or Borikén, as they called...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Benjamín Morales

It presents the problem of physically disability through a young crippled and the attitudes of the community towards them.

Genre: Documentary

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

Genre: Documentary

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A generational conflict is reflected in the old-fashioned ideas of the landowner, who imposes himself as a dominant figure in the political activity...

Genre: Drama

Cast: José de San Antón