Grain of Sand (Granito de Arena)
For over 25 years, global economic forces have been dismantling public education in Mexico...but always in the shadow of popular resistance.
Friday Night Docs by Cinema Politica Fredericton
Friday January 23, 2009
Screening begins 19h00
Venue: Conserver House, 180 St. John St.
Jill Friedberg / Mexico / 2005 / 60 minutes
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 to defend public education.
Award-winning 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.
Co-host: Canadian Federation of Students.
Writer, Producer, Director
Jill Freidberg
Camera
Jill Freidberg
Mario Viveros
Lila Kitaeff
Editor
Jill Freidberg
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
kids fists
San Diego Latino Film Festival, 2006
Silver Lake Film Festival, 2006
Istanbul Labor Film & Video Festival, 2006
CineFestival, San Antonio, TX, 2005
World Community Film Festival, 2006
Harlem International Film Festival, 2005
Festival Latinoamericano de la Clase Obrera, Bolivia, 2005
Seoul International Labor Film Festival, Seoul, Korea, 2005
Anchorage International Film Festival, 2005
Global Visions Film Festival, 2005
Black Earth Film Festival, 2005
