Divedco Movies

  • 1956
    El santero

    El santero

    El santero

    5.21956HD

    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...

    El santero
  • 1952
    A Voice on the Mountain

    A Voice on the Mountain

    A Voice on the Mountain

    5.41952HD

    Field workers in Puerto Rico want to have a night school.

    A Voice on the Mountain
  • 1961
    Splendor

    Splendor

    Splendor

    7.51961HD

    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,...

    Splendor
  • 1970
    Fragmento

    Fragmento

    Fragmento

    01970HD

    The effects of emotional neglect on an only child.

    Fragmento
  • 1952
    Las manos del hombre

    Las manos del hombre

    Las manos del hombre

    81952HD

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

    Las manos del hombre
  • 1959
    El cacique

    El cacique

    El cacique

    01959HD

    A dramatization of the way a group of rural people resolve their issues with an authoritarian town leader.

    El cacique
  • 1955
    The One with White Shanks

    The One with White Shanks

    The One with White Shanks

    01955HD

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

    The One with White Shanks
  • 1959
    El yugo

    El yugo

    El yugo

    61959HD

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

    El yugo
  • 1953
    Roots of Happiness

    Roots of Happiness

    Roots of Happiness

    01953HD

    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...

    Roots of Happiness
  • 1970
    Pueblito de Santiago

    Pueblito de Santiago

    Pueblito de Santiago

    01970HD

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

    Pueblito de Santiago
  • 1963
    La noche de don Manuel

    La noche de don Manuel

    La noche de don Manuel

    01963HD

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

    La noche de don Manuel
  • 1951
    El puente

    El puente

    El puente

    51951HD

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

    El puente
  • 1961
    El gallo pelón

    El gallo pelón

    El gallo pelón

    01961HD

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

    El gallo pelón
  • 1966
    La plena

    La plena

    La plena

    01966HD

    One of the DivEdCo's films that best depicts the history and evolution of another genre of popular music from the coasts and of African origin: the...

    La plena
  • 1965
    Chela

    Chela

    Chela

    01965HD

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

    Chela
  • 1964
    La guardarraya

    La guardarraya

    La guardarraya

    01964HD

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

    La guardarraya
  • 1967
    La buena herencia

    La buena herencia

    La buena herencia

    01967HD

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

    La buena herencia
  • 1956
    Mayo florido

    Mayo florido

    Mayo florido

    01956HD

    An artistic short on the floral beauty of Puerto Rico set to folk music.

    Mayo florido
  • 1957
    I, Juan Ponce de León

    I, Juan Ponce de León

    I, Juan Ponce de León

    01957HD

    Details of the life of Juan Ponce de León, founder of the city of San Juan and first governor of Puerto Rico.

    I, Juan Ponce de León
  • 1955
    Nenén of the Moorish Way

    Nenén of the Moorish Way

    Nenén of the Moorish Way

    5.51955HD

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

    Nenén of the Moorish Way