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==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0178760|title=Modesta}}
*{{IMDb title|id=0178760|title=Modesta}}
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxHzzIXRhA8 The entire film on LOC's official YouTube channel]
* {{LCCN|2023600548|'' Modesta''|long=yes}}, including a digital viewing copy
*{{YouTube|IxHzzIXRhA8}} - LOC's official YouTube channel


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Modesta

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.[1]

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.[2] It was also directed by Doniger.[3]

Legacy

In 1998,[4] 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.[5][6] It is also in the public domain.[7]

References

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