El de los cabos blancos · 1955

The One with White Shanks

Willard Van Dyke · 35 min · Puerto Rico

The blacklisted American documentarian Willard Van Dyke filmed this tale about tobacco workers in the heart of the Puerto Rican countryside. Heeding their wives’ advice, individuals join forces in a cooperative so they can sell their crop of tobacco leaves at fair market value.

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Production companies

Film Unit of the Division of Community Education, Puerto Rico, Divedco

Cast

• Antonio Torres Martinó

  Narrator