Movie

Modesta

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.

Screenplay

Luis A. Maisonet

Screenplay

René Marqués

Screenplay

Benjamín Doniger

Director

Benjamín Doniger

Status

Released

Release date

28/08/1956

Original language

Spanish