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Title

  • Modesta

Summary

  • "A barrio woman's rebellion against her abusive husband blossoms into a full-fledged movement when other women from her community join in the fight against oppression"--IMDb.

Names

  • Doniger, Benjamin, film director, adapter
  • Pintado, Otoniel Vila, 1917-2001, film producer
  • Maisonet, Luis A., adapter, cinematographer
  • Marqués, René, adapter
  • Ortiz Jiménez, Juan, 1926- actor
  • Hidalgo, Antonia, actor
  • Ramírez, José Raúl, recording engineer
  • Falkenberg, Paul, film editor
  • Campos Parsi, Héctor, 1922-1998, composer
  • Ramito, singer
  • Puerto Rico. División de Educación de la Comunidad, production company, presenter, film distributor

Created / Published

  • Puerto Rico : [División de Educación de la Comunidad], 1956.

Headings

  • -  Abusive men--Puerto Rico--Drama
  • -  Women's rights--Puerto Rico--Drama
  • -  Feminists--Puerto Rico--Drama
  • -  Puerto Rico--Rural conditions--Drama

Genre

  • Short films
  • Fiction films

Notes

  • -  In Spanish.
  • -  Based on a story by Domingo Silas Ortiz.
  • -  Juan Ortiz Jimenez, Antonia Hidalgo, the residents of the Sonadora neighborhood of Guaynabo.
  • -  Fotografía, Luis A. Maisonet ; somido, José Raúl Ramírez ; editor, Paul V. Falkenberg ; música de, Héctor Campos Parsi ; "Una mujer en mi vida" cortesía de Flor Morales Ramos (Ramito).
  • -  Filmed in Puerto Rico.
  • -  This film was selected for the National Film Registry.
  • -  Sources used: Eagan, D. America's film legacy, 2010, p. 520-521; Internet movie database WWW site, viewed July 6, 2023.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital) (approximately 36 min.) : sd., b&w.

Source Collection

  • Archivo General de Puerto Rico Collection (Library of Congress)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2023600548

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Doniger, Benjamin, Film Director, Adapter, Otoniel Vila Pintado, Luis A Maisonet, René Marqués, Juan Ortiz Jiménez, Antonia Hidalgo, José Raúl Ramírez, Paul Falkenberg, and Singer Ramito. Modesta. composeds by Campos Parsi, Héctor, , produceds by Puerto Rico. División De Educación De La Comunidaduction Company, Presenter, Film Distributor [Puerto Rico: División de Educación de la Comunidad, 1956] Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2023600548/.

APA citation style:

Doniger, B., Pintado, O. V., Maisonet, L. A., Marqués, R., Ortiz Jiménez, J., Hidalgo, A. [...] Ramito, S. (1956) Modesta. Campos Parsi, H., comp, , Puerto Rico. División De Educación De La Comunidaduction Company, P., prod [Puerto Rico: División de Educación de la Comunidad] [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2023600548/.

MLA citation style:

Doniger, Benjamin, Film Director, Adapter, et al. Modesta. comp by Campos Parsi, Héctor, , prod by Puerto Rico. División De Educación De La Comunidaduction Company, Presenter, Film Distributor [Puerto Rico: División de Educación de la Comunidad, 1956] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2023600548/>.