The One with White Shanks

The One with White Shanks
1955
⏱️ 35 min
📅 Released
🌐 ES
Drama
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.

Crew

Director
Willard Van Dyke
Writer
José L. Vivas Maldonado

Production

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