With a strong sense of the personal side of social change, this triptych of moving documentaries charts the efforts of brave citizens who fight to change their homes for the better. “After the Factory” examines the effects of the global economic crisis with a comparison of fallen industrial strong holds Detroit and Lodz, Poland; “My Neighborhood” follows a Palestinian teenager who forms an unlikely friendship with Israeli activists; and “Maestra” pays tribute to the thousands of young women in Cuba in the 1960s who volunteered to combat illiteracy in the country, with astonishing results.
In Person: Directors Catherine Murphy and Julia Bacha.
After the Factory Philip Lauri | 2012 | USA | 44 min.
Maestra Catherine Murphy | 2011 | USA, Cuba | 34 min.
My Neighbourhood Julia Bacha, Rebekah Wingert | 2012 | USA, Israel, Palestine | 25 min.