Maestra

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.

Country:

Cuba

Genre:

Documentary,

History

Duration:

34 minutes

Year:

2012

Director:

Catherine Murphy

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Company:

The Literacy Project

Cast:
Crew:
Catherine Murphy

Director

Aldo López Gavilán

Original Music Composer

Elise Lebec

Sound mixer

Eve Goldberg

Writer

Catherine Murphy

Producer