Modesta
50 %|Jan 1, 1955|Drama
Prize winner, Venice Festival 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.
Featured Crew
Paul Falkenberg
Editor
Luis A. Maisonet
Writer
Domingo Silás Ortiz
Story
René Marqués
Writer
Héctor Campos Parsi
Music
Otoniel Vila
Producer
Benjamín Doniger
Writer
Benjamín Doniger
Director
