Maestra

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Documentary

Overview

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.

Keywords

woman director
revolution
cuba
education
literacy
cuban revolution
bay of pigs

Details

Status: Released
Release date: March 15, 2012
Original language: English
Spoken languages: Spanish
Countries: Cuba
Production: The Literacy Project
Director: Catherine Murphy
Writer: Eve Goldberg
Producer: Ruben Carreño,Susan Sillins,Suzanne Thompson,Catherine Murphy
Cinematography: Roberto Chile,Iván Nápoles
Music: Aldo López Gavilán,Heyleen Williams
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
Homepage: Official site
IMDb: tt2163004