April 15: Screening and Discussion with Director Diana Montero (Cuba)

Friday, 5-7, McCormick Screening Room

Diana Montero is a young filmmaker from Cuba, who studied Art History at the University of Havana and documentary filmmaking at the Film and Television School of San Antonio de los Baños. Her work often focuses on women in rural Cuba, and includes the short documentary "Abecé: The Universe of a Girl, Mother and Woman” (2013), which received honorable mention in the 13 Muestra Joven and the ICAIC, and the International Festival of Cinema in Trinidad and Tobago, and which chronicles the history of 12-year-old Leonedi and her infant child. Her earlier work, “Milagrosa,” tells the story of the Dalkys, who lives in the small community of La Salada, in Santiago de Cuba, and is known as the community healer. Her documentary “Como los gatos,” looks at the life of an 86-year-old man who, for the past decade, dedicated his life to collecting garbage and recyclables.