01 Jan 1951
El puente
The efforts of a community to build a bridge which would allow their children to go school during the rainy season.
Cinema Puerto Rico: una antropología visual
A look at Puerto Rico and its cinema through films, documentaries, and commercials from the early twentieth century to the emerging cinema of today. Visual and narrative strategies portray fragments of Puerto Rico's general history and, in turn, answers the questions of who, when, and for whom have films been made in Puerto Rico and the resources that are available to do it.
Top Billed Cast
Rose Marie Bernier Herself
Braulio Castillo Jr. Narrator
Ineabelle Colón Narrator
Manuel Valdés Pizzini Himself
Marisel Flores Patton Herself
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