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Granito de arena (Grain of Sand)
For over 20 years, global economic forces have been dismantling public education in Mexico, but always in the constant shadow of popular resistance. Granito de arena is the story of that resistance – the story of hundreds of thousands of public schoolteachers whose grassroots, non-violent movement took Mexico by surprise, and who have endured brutal repression in their 25-year struggle for social and economic justice in Mexico's public schools. A sixty-minute documentary, Granito de Arena places the Mexican teachers’ struggle in a global context, clearly spelling out the relationship between economic globalization and the worldwide public education crisis.
- Runtime: 60 minutes
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SYNOPSIS
For over 20 years, global economic forces have been dismantling public education in Mexico, but always in the constant shadow of popular resistance...
Granito de arena is the story of that resistance – the story of hundreds of thousands of public schoolteachers whose grassroots, non-violent movement took Mexico by surprise, and who have endured brutal repression in their 25-year struggle for social and economic justice in Mexico's public schools. A sixty-minute documentary, Granito de Arena places the Mexican teachers’ struggle in a global context, clearly spelling out the relationship between economic globalization and the worldwide public education crisis.
Award-winning Seattle filmmaker, Jill Freidberg (This is What Democracy Looks Like, 2000), spent two years in southern Mexico documenting the efforts of over 100,000 teachers, parents, and students fighting to defend the country’s public education system from the devastating impacts of economic globalization. Freidberg combines footage of strikes and direct actions with 25 years worth of never-before-seen archival images to deliver a compelling and unsettling story of resistance, repression, commitment, and solidarity.
Featuring: Eduardo Galeano and Maude Barlow
With music by: DJ Food - Los Mocosos - Correo Aereo - PlanB - Slowrider - Grupo Mono Blanco - John Holowach
REVIEWS
“Important...disturbing...a film that views education from below, from the classroom and the community, from the rank-and-file and the grassroots of both rural and urban Mexico. All of those concerned about issues of education, human rights, labor unions, Latin America and globalization will want to see this inspiring film.”- Mexican Labor News and Analysis
“This documentary is essential for understanding the public education crisis in Latin America. It bears witness to teachers’ struggles against the pedagogy of exclusion generated by neoliberal policy. Jill Freidberg’s narrative is resounding and overwhelming. The film is a cry of outrage; the message, a cry of hope.” - Pablo Gentili, Public Policy Laboratory, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
“Exciting, inspiring. An extraordinary account of ordinary people organizing, protesting, resisting, against enormous odds. Shows a grass-roots movement of teachers, parents, and students in Mexico, defying the police and the government in their demands for a truly democratic education. What becomes clear as you watch this film is the pernicious effect of globalization and privatization on the education of children. ” - Howard Zinn, Author of A People’s History of the United States
AWARDS
Nominated for the 2005 Pare Lorentz Award, International Documentary Association
Best Documentary, Tres Continentes International Documentary Festival, Caracas, Venezuela
John Michaels Award, Big Muddy Film Festival 2006
Honorable Mention, International Documentary Festival 2006, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
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