Modesta
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Modesta is a 1956 short film that stars Antonia Hidalgo and Juan Ortiz Jiménez.
Plot
A feminist manifesto set in Puerto Rico, in which a peasant woman rebels against her husband's authoritarianism. She and the other women of her community organize the Liberated Women League to fight for their rights.<ref>24 Classic Movies That Include Latinos - Nuestro Stories</ref>
Production
The movie was adapted by Benjamin Doniger, Luis A. Maisonet and René Marqués from a story by Domingo Silas Ortiz and produced by DIVEDCO.<ref>Related Films - Puerto Rico's Plantation Economy: Snapshots from the Library of Congress</ref> It was also directed by Doniger.<ref>Library of Congress</ref>
Legacy
In 1998,<ref>28 Great Movies About the Hispanic American Experience - AARP</ref> Modesta was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant", one of the few Latino films to distinguished that honor.<ref>Two influential films for Latinos are inducted into the National Film Registry|NBC News</ref><ref>The Latino films inducted into the National Film Registry - HOLA! USA</ref> It is also in the public domain.<ref>Free to Use and Reuse: Public Domain Films from the National Film Registry|Free to Use and Reuse Sets|Library of Congress</ref>
References
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- 1956 films
- United States National Film Registry films
- Labor rights
- Labor in Puerto Rico
- American black-and-white films
- American feminist films
- American drama short films
- 1956 independent films
- American independent films