As part of the San Diego Women's Film Festival presented by the Women's Museum of California, the film Miestra by Catherine Murphy will be screened.
Narrated by Alice Walker, the film documents events in Cuba in 1961 when over 250,000 Cubans joined their country?s National Literacy Campaign and taught 707,000 other Cubans to read and write; almost half of the volunteer teachers were under 18 and more than half were women. The film explores the experiences of nine women who, as young girls, helped eradicate Cuban illiteracy within one year.
Interweaving recent interviews, archival footage, and Campaign photos, this documentary includes one of the first Cubans of her generation to call herself a feminist and one of the first openly proud members of Cuba?s LGBT community. With wit and spirit, all recall negotiating for autonomy and independence in a culture still bound by patriarchal structures.
There will be a discussion panel after the film with Terry Lapinsky, the Chief Operating Officer at MAAC--a large nonprofit organization providing programs, services and advocacy for low and moderate income families throughout San Diego County for the past 50 years in the areas of Education, Health, Career Pathways and Affordable Housing.
Admission/Cost: FREE
Location:
Women's Museum of California
2730 Historic Decatur Road #103, Barracks 16
San Diego, CA 92106
Sunday, March 22 - 5:00 PM
For more information, please call: (619) 233-7963
Narrated by Alice Walker, the film documents events in Cuba in 1961 when over 250,000 Cubans joined their country?s National Literacy Campaign and taught 707,000 other Cubans to read and write; almost half of the volunteer teachers were under 18 and more than half were women. The film explores the experiences of nine women who, as young girls, helped eradicate Cuban illiteracy within one year.
Interweaving recent interviews, archival footage, and Campaign photos, this documentary includes one of the first Cubans of her generation to call herself a feminist and one of the first openly proud members of Cuba?s LGBT community. With wit and spirit, all recall negotiating for autonomy and independence in a culture still bound by patriarchal structures.
There will be a discussion panel after the film with Terry Lapinsky, the Chief Operating Officer at MAAC--a large nonprofit organization providing programs, services and advocacy for low and moderate income families throughout San Diego County for the past 50 years in the areas of Education, Health, Career Pathways and Affordable Housing.
Admission/Cost: FREE
Location:
Women's Museum of California
2730 Historic Decatur Road #103, Barracks 16
San Diego, CA 92106
Sunday, March 22 - 5:00 PM
For more information, please call: (619) 233-7963
