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Mi aporte

Sara Gómez
1969 Cuba 30 minutes Spanish

An illustration of the difficulties women encounter when they seek to achieve economic integration and equality with men, even in a country at the height of a revolution.

Sara Gómez

Sara Gomez: Born  in 1943 in Havana, Sara Gomez studied literature, the piano and Afro-Cuban ethnography before turning to cinema. She went on to become Cuba’s first woman director. In 1961, she enrolled in the ICAIC (Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry) and worked notably as assistant director alongside Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Jorge Fraga and Agnès Varda. 

Production :
I.C.A.I.C. Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográficos
Distribution :
I.C.A.I.C. Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográficos

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