Dona Julia [screen print poster]
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: AC0615-0000024.tif (AC Scan)

 1997.3100.18 (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: Diaz, Juan
label: Author
content: Marques, Rene
label: Sponsor
content: Puerto Rico. Division of Community Education. Department of Education
label: Donor
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: Superstition
label: Topic
content: Medical sciences
label: Topic
content: Motion pictures
label: Topic
content: Politics -- Puerto Rico
creator: label: Artist
content: Diaz, Juan
label: Author
content: Marques, Rene
label: Sponsor
content: Puerto Rico. Division of Community Education. Department of Education
label: Donor
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
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content: Puerto Rico Division of Community Education [DIVEDCO] Poster Collection / Series 1: Events / Plays
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (Ink on paper., 83.9 x 53.1 cm.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1970s
container: label: Container
content: Map-folder 1
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 silkscreen by Juan Diaz emphasizes the central, heroic figure of a woman carrying a child. Released in 1955, the film is an adaptation of a short story by Rene Marques in the anthology "Cinco Cuentos de Miedo" (Five Frightful Tales), which was distributed in rural communities in 1954. Using melodrama, the storyline validates medical science and health education in the face of traditional healing beliefs and "superstitions". (From exhibition text by Marvette Perez.)