Description
| Summary: | Cuba, 1961: 250,000 volunteers taught 700,000 people to read and write in one year. 100,000 of the teachers were under 18 years old. Over half were women. Maestra explores this story through the personal testimonies of the young women who went out to teach literacy in rural communities across the island - and found themselves deeply transformed in the process. Interviews participants of the Cuban literacy campaign of 1961, showing original film footage of the movement.--Container.
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| Item Description: | "A fiscally sponsored project of Women Make Movies."--End credits.
Originally produced in 2011. Copyright held by The Literacy Project. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (33 minutes) : sound, color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
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| Format: | DVD-R; NTSC; region 1; widescreen; Dolby digital 2.0. |
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| Production Credits: | Photography, Roberto Chile and four others ; editor, Eve Goldberg ; music, Bayuba Cante ... [et al.] |
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| Participant or Performer: | Narrator, Alice Walker ; Interviewees: Norma Guillard, social psychologist ; Diana Balboa, visual artist ; Daysi Veitia, architect ; Blanca Monett, medical secretary ; Ivonne Santana, teacher ; Adria Santana, film & theater actress ; Griselda Aguilera, math teacher ; Eloisa Hernandez, translator ; Gina Rey, urban planner. |
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| Language: | In Spanish with English subtitles. English narration portions with Spanish subtitles. |
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