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Modesta poster

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.

Release: 1956-08-28
Runtime: 35 min
Rating: 5 / 10
Cast
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Antonia Hidalgo
Modesta
Juan Ortiz Jiménez
Juan Ortiz Jiménez
the husband
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Barrio Sonadora Community