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Local Power, Popular Power (1970) | Criteria

Poster for Local Power, Popular Power

Local Power, Popular Power

Poder Local, Poder Popular

Cuba / Spanish / 1970 / 9m

Letterboxd: 3.57/5·290 ratings·76 reviewson Letterboxd
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Synopsis

A local election in a town of sugar mill workers offers a look at political organizing on a grassroots level.

Included in
Sara Gómez’s Revolutionary Cuba
Position 9

Credits

Crew

DirectorSara Gómez

WriterSara Gómez

CinematographerJosé Manuel Riera, Adriano Moreno

EditorIvan Arocha

Double Feature

Streaming now, and why it pairs with this film

Poster for And . . . We’ve Got Sabor

And . . . We’ve Got Sabor1967

Paired by the Criterion Channel, and both directed by Sara Gómez

Or

One Way or Another1977Both directed by Sara Gómez
I’ll Go to Santiago1964Both directed by Sara Gómez