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.

Director: Benjamín Doniger

Cast: Antonia Hidalgo, Juan Ortiz Jiménez, Barrio Sonadora Community

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.