El Puente [screenprint poster]
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: AC0615-0000020.tif (AC Scan)

 1997.3100.28 (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: Cortes, Eduardo Vera
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: Floods
label: Topic
content: Bridges -- Puerto Rico
label: Topic
content: Politics -- Puerto Rico
label: Topic
content: Motion pictures
label: Topic
content: Film posters
creator: label: Artist
content: Cortes, Eduardo Vera
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 / Movies
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (Ink on paper., 84 x 49.6 cm.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1968
container: label: Container
content: Map-folder 11
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Posters
label: Type
content: Screen prints
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Posters -- Puerto Rico
label: Genre/Form
content: Screen prints
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A bridge under construction overpowers the composition of this promotional poster for this film, "The Bridge." This is a later version of a poster originally printed in 1954. Inspired by a true story, and filmed with local, "natural actors," it recounts the efforts of a small flood-prone community. Neighbors organize themselves and collaborate to build a bridge to resolve their chronic problem. This documentary was shown in the Venice Film Festival and the Edinburgh international Film Festival where it was awarded honorable mentions. (From exhibition text by Marvette Perez.)