Maestra
34 mins
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.
Catherine Murphy
Director
Aldo López Gavilán
Original Music Composer
Elise Lebec
Sound mixer
Eve Goldberg
Writer
Catherine Murphy
Producer
Heyleen Williams
Original Music Composer
Susan Sillins
Producer
Suzanne Thompson
Producer
Eve Goldberg
Editor
Ruben Carreño
Producer
Roberto Chile
Director of Photography
Iván Nápoles
Director of Photography