Emilio Díaz Valcárcel

Life of Sin

The film dramatizes the life of Isabel "la Negra" Luberza Oppenheimer. Pablo, a Caribbean peasant, and Isabel, a politician's mistress, open a brothel that becomes internationally famous. Though they gain wealth and power, the one thing that Isabel seeks continues to elude her.

Chela

It presents the problem of physically disability through a young crippled and the attitudes of the community towards them.

The Jug

A cautionary film about what were thought to be rural superstitions and practices in Puerto Rico.

Hope

Educates communities about tuberculosis prevention and treatment.

The Awaited Man

A historic adaptation of the life of José Pablo Morales who fought against an exploitative system of payment to day laborers during the reign of the Spanish governor General Juan de la Pezuela in mid nineteenth century Puerto Rico.

La guardarraya

The location of the dividing line between two farms causes friction between two families.

El cacique

A dramatization of the way a group of rural people resolve their issues with an authoritarian town leader.