The Female Teachers of the Republic
(Las Maestras de la República)
Pilar Pérez Solano | Documentary
2013 | 65 minutes | Spain
Winner of a Goya Award for Best Documentary, The Female Teachers of The Republic focuses on the role of women in advancing public education in the spirit of equality and democratic access to schooling during the Second Spanish Republic (1931-1939).
Synopsis
Winner of a Goya Award for Best Documentary, The Female Teachers of The Republic focuses on the role of women in advancing public education in the spirit of equality and democratic access to schooling during the Second Spanish Republic (1931-1939). This was before the Civil War (1936-1939) and the subsequent dictatorship that halted the pioneering ideas they had been putting into practice. With archival footage, still photographs, and interviews, the film explores the experiences and ideals of those pioneers whose project was so savagely destroyed by the Spanish Civil War.
Reviews
"The Female Teachers of the Republic is an unpretentious documentary regarding its budget but very ambitious in its attempt to get back the memory of women that worked very hard to take education and culture to every corner." — Beatriz Abad, Koult
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Main credits
Pérez Solano, Pilar (film director)
Pérez Solano, Pilar (screenwriter)
Barriuso, Marta (narrator)
Pedro, Laura De (actor)
Other credits
Cinematography, Isabel Ruiz; editor, Andrea Ansola; music, Carlos Salas.
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Cataloging
Pragda subjects
Activism
Criminal Justice
Culture + Identity
Economics + Social Class Issues
Education
History
Iberian Studies
Labor Studies
Women
Keywords
Clips
Festivals
Goya Awards® - Best Documentary
Festival Lumière Grand Lyon Film Festival
London Spanish Film Festival
Cairo Women's Film Festival
Punta del Este International Film Festival
Virginia Film Festival
DIRECTOR: Pilar Pérez Solano
NATIONALITY: Spain
YEAR: 2013
GENRE: Documentary
LANGUAGE: Spanish
COLOR / B&W: Color
GRADE LEVEL: High School, College, Adults
SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE
AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE
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