NCLAFF Film: Maestra
Thursday, September 28, 2017
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Off-campus
North Carolina Latin American Film Festival
Sponsor(s): Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), Center for Documentary Studies (CDS), Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI), Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute (DHRC@FHI), Global Brazil Humanities Lab, Mi Gente, Nicholas School-Miscellaneous Events, Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS), Program in Arts of the Moving Image (AMI), and Romance Studies
Cost: Free and open to the public
Location: UNC-CH, Pleasants Family Assembly Room, Wilson Library.
Preceded by a reception. Catherine Murphy (Cuba), 2012. 33min. >>> The 1961 Cuban Literacy campaign involved 250,000 volunteer teachers, many young women, and resulted in 700,000 people learning to read. This powerful story of literacy and rural community is capturedin the 33-minute documentary film MAESTRA. Join us for a screening of the film and a roundtable discussion featuring individuals involved in the making of the film, as well as UNC faculty and students of Cuban history. This event is co-sponsored by the Institute for the Study of the Americas and the Rare Book Collectionin celebration of the gift of the MAESTRA archive to Wilson Library.
Contact: Miguel Rojas-Sotelo
