Maestra
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2012-03-15
Runtime: 34 mins
Director: Catherine Murphy
Writer: Eve Goldberg
Spoken language: Español
Genres: Documentary, History
Original title: Maestra
Production Companies: The Literacy Project
Production Countries: Cuba
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