Suite Tortilla #60: The New Man and the Schoolteacher
""That was the first time I read the Constitution.""
Synopsis
A documentary vignette explores the life of Revolutionary feminist and filmmaker Magda Gonzalez Grau, capturing a pivotal interview moment that reveals her evolving feminist politics during the Cuban Revolution.
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