Modesta (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.
Director: Benjamín Doniger
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Antonia Hidalgo as Modesta |
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Juan Ortiz Jiménez as the husband |
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Barrio Sonadora Community as |
| Editing | Paul Falkenberg | Editor |
| Writing | Luis A. Maisonet | Writer |
| Writing | Domingo Silás Ortiz | Story |
| Writing | René Marqués | Writer |
| Sound | Héctor Campos Parsi | Music |
| Production | Otoniel Vila | Producer |
| Writing | Benjamín Doniger | Writer |
| Directing | Benjamín Doniger | Director |
| Camera | Luis A. Maisonet | Director of Photography |
