Article
The True "Tesoras" of The Cuban Literacy Campaign: A Conversation with "Maestra" Director, Catherine Murphy
Afro-Hispanic Review
(2014)
Abstract
Maestra (2011), a documentary film by Catherine Murphy, shares the
personal testimonies of nine women who were among the 250,000
volunteers, or brigadistas, of the Cuban Literacy Campaign of 1961. These
young Cuban volunteers, of which the majority were females, a large percentage
minors, were sent to rural communities island-wide and succeeded in teaching over
700,000 individuals to read and write. The lyrics to the song at the end of the film, a
musical accompaniment to the still shots of the gleeful volunteers parading through
Havana celebrating the culmination of a successful year-long National Campaign,
embrace the thematic backbone of Maestra...
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Publication Date
2014
Publisher Statement
This article is published as Myers, Megan Jeanette, and Catherine Murphy. "The True" Tesoras" of The Cuban Literacy Campaign: A Conversation with" Maestra" Director, Catherine Murphy." Afro-Hispanic Review (2014): 261-272. Posted with permission.
Citation Information
Megan Myers. "The True "Tesoras" of The Cuban Literacy Campaign: A Conversation with "Maestra" Director, Catherine Murphy" Afro-Hispanic Review (2014) p. 261 - 272 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/megan-myers/2/