Divedco Movies

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

It tells the story of a slave rebellion on a sugar plantation in the days leading up to the official abolition of slavery on the island on March 22,...

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

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

A historic adaptation of the life of José Pablo Morales who fought against an exploitative system of payment to day laborers during the reign...

Dramatizes the case of a family in which the father respects and loves his wife and children, permitting each to develop as an individual, and...

Prize winner, Venice Festival 1956. The DivEdCo’s most important attempt to depict women’s rights in the context of modernization...

Adapted from Mexico's "The Forgotten Village". It deals with the fight that develops from the superstitious and ignorant interpretation of a problem...

The exploitation of fisherman in Fajardo, Puerto Rico and how the laborers reached their economic independence through operative alliances.

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

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.

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...

Documentary about the annual athletics event held in Coamo, with the participation of the world's best long-distance athletes.

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

In the community of Vega Alta, Puerto Rico, the main character, played by the esteemed comedian José Miguel Agrelot, buys a washing machine...

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

Illustrates the dilemma of a sugarcane worker who has a child out of wedlock without his wife’s knowledge.

A man believes all the advertising he hears.

A young boy becomes intrigued by one of the characters in his village's celebration of its patron saint.

The efforts of a community to build a bridge which would allow their children to go school during the rainy season.