Chela [screenprint poster]
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: AC0615-0000031.tif (AC Scan)

 1997.3100.15 (Museum Cat. No.)
label: Exhibitions Note
content: In the exhibition "Posters from the Division of Community Education (DIVEDCO) of Puerto Rico, 1948-1989," Sept. 17, 2008-Jan. 18, 2009, at the Smithsonian's S. Dillon Ripley Center.
name: label: Artist
content: Contreras, Jose Melendez
label: Author
content: Marques, Rene
label: Sponsor
content: Puerto Rico. Division of Community Education. Department of Education
label: Collection Donor
content: Archivo General de Puerto Rico
place: label: Place
content: Puerto Rico -- 20th century
topic: label: Topic
content: Motion pictures
label: Topic
content: Crutches
label: Topic
content: Amputation
label: Topic
content: Politics -- Puerto Rico
creator: label: Artist
content: Contreras, Jose Melendez
label: Author
content: Marques, Rene
label: Sponsor
content: Puerto Rico. Division of Community Education. Department of Education
setName: label: See more items in
content: Puerto Rico Division of Community Education [DIVEDCO] Poster Collection
label: See more items in
content: Puerto Rico Division of Community Education [DIVEDCO] Poster Collection / Series 1: Events / Plays
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (Ink on paper., 58.2 x 49 cm.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972
container: label: Container
content: Map-folder 10
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film posters
label: Type
content: Posters
label: Type
content: Screen prints
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Film posters -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Posters -- Puerto Rico
label: Genre/Form
content: Screen prints
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This movie poster boldly depicts a women's body cropped from the waist down, on crutches, missing a leg. The symmetrical composition, large planes of color and drastic cropping emphasize the missing limb and add drama. The script, adapted by Emilio Diaz Valcarcel, is based on a short story by Rene Marques. (From exhibition text by Marvette Perez.)