Modesta

35m
Drama
5

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.

Cast

Antonia Hidalgo
Modesta
Juan Ortiz Jiménez
the husband
Barrio Sonadora Community
Unknown

Crew

Benjamín Doniger
Director, Writer
René Marqués
Writer
Luis A. Maisonet
Writer, Director of Photography
Domingo Silás Ortiz
Story
Paul Falkenberg
Editor
Otoniel Vila
Producer
Héctor Campos Parsi
Music

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