On Sugar Workers’ Quarters

Name: On Sugar Workers’ Quarters
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1971
Duration: 24 min

De Bateyes

Cuba / Spanish / 1971 / 24m

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Synopsis

Director Sara Gómez offers a look at everyday life in the bateyes—the worker’s settlements surrounding sugarcane mills—told from the perspective of the inhabitants.

Included in
Sara Gómez’s Revolutionary Cuba
Position 11

Credits

Crew

DirectorSara Gómez

WriterSara Gómez

CinematographerLuís García Mesa

ComposerEmiliano Salvador

EditorIvan Arocha

Producer

Santiago Llapur, Guillermo García

Double Feature

Streaming now, and why it pairs with this film

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