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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
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- image
- video
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Contributor
- Campos Parsi, Héctor
- Doniger, Benjamin
- Falkenberg, Paul
- Hidalgo, Antonia
- Maisonet, Luis A.
- Marqués, René
- Ortiz Jiménez, Juan
- Pintado, Otoniel Vila
- Puerto Rico. División De Educación De La Comunidad
- Ramito
- Ramírez, José Raúl