Movies: Ricardo Alegría

Based on a Puerto Rican folk tale, the story begins when Mañito, an owl, is invited to a festival. Not feeling happy with the way he looks, Mañito borrows some bright colored feathers in order to attend....

"This film features the people of Puerto Rico and the revival of the ancient culture of that island. The story is told through the eyes and work of Dr. Ricardo Alegria — head of Puerto Rico's Office of Cultural Affairs and the first executive directo...

Meant to inform rural communities about the legacy of the Taínos, the indigenous inhabitants of Puerto Rico, or Borikén, as they called the island....

One of the DivEdCo's films that best depicts the history and evolution of another genre of popular music from the coasts and of African origin: the plena. It presents sequences of interpreters of those rhythms in Ponce, in the dances of the coastal a...

Zoilo Cajigas y Sotomayor is a carver of wooden models of saints. Don Zoilo is one of Puerto Rico's best-known artisans and was 96 years old at the time of the filming. The film shows the elaborate process behind his craftsmanship....

Biographical production that recreates the work of this artist, adoptive son of Puerto Rico, who stood out as a musician, photographer, filmmaker, producer, illustrator, etc....

A visual study of the colonial, military and religious architecture of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico....

Second phase of the excavation of the Caguana Indigenous Ceremonial Park in Utuado, activity led by Dr. Ricardo Alegría....

This anthropological documentary examines the Festival of St. James and its roots in the town of Loíza, Puerto Rico....

Focuses on the history of the Archivo General de Puerto Rico (General Archive of Puerto Rico) which started in 1955....