Editing Modesta

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[[File:Modesta.webm|thumb|''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 [[community organizing|organize]] the Liberated Women League to fight for their rights.<ref>[https://nuestrostories.com/2022/05/24-movies-latinos-portrayed/ 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>[https://guides.loc.gov/puerto-rico-plantation-life/related-films Related Films - Puerto Rico's Plantation Economy: Snapshots from the Library of Congress]</ref> It was also directed by Doniger.<ref>[https://www.loc.gov/item/mbrs00045468/ Library of Congress]</ref>

==Legacy==
In 1998,<ref>[https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/info-2021/hispanic-latino-american-experience-movies.html#listTitleTwelve 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>[https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/two-influential-films-latinos-are-inducted-national-film-registry-rcna61751 Two influential films for Latinos are inducted into the National Film Registry|NBC News]</ref><ref>[https://www.hola.com/us/entertainment/20221215340414/the-latino-films-inducted-into-the-national-film-registry/ The Latino films inducted into the National Film Registry - HOLA! USA]</ref> It is also in the [[public domain]].<ref>[https://www.loc.gov/free-to-use/public-domain-films-from-the-national-film-registry/ 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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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0178760|title=Modesta}}
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxHzzIXRhA8 The entire film on LOC's official YouTube channel]

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[[Category:1956 films]]
[[Category:United States National Film Registry films]]
[[Category:Labor rights]]
[[Category:Labor in Puerto Rico]]
[[Category:American black-and-white films]]
[[Category:American feminist films]]
[[Category:American drama short films]]
[[Category:1956 independent films]]
[[Category:American independent films]]