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“Modesta” (1956): Puerto Rican Filmmakers Honor the Power of Barrio Women

Posted by: Stacie Seifrit-Griffin

Today we shine a spotlight on early Puerto Rican filmmakers and the film "Modesta" (1956). Intended as an educational film for the men in the community, the movie also became an empowering story for barrio women. Read more about it here and watch the film in the Library's National Screening Room.

Photograph of the front of a movie theatre in San Antonio, Texas shows ads for Spanish language films

Shaping Latina/o Representation at the Movies with Junior Fellows, Scholars, and Filmmakers

Posted by: Laura Jenemann

Announcing the newly published Latinx Representation in Film Research Guide. This guide is part of the “Cine Latine: Shaping Latino Representation at the Movies” project implemented by Junior Fellows, the Hispanic Reading Room, the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center and others.