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This film captures the politicization of a charcoal worker, who tries to rouse his co-workers to protest their exploitative conditions. This was one of the first pre-revolutionary films to star common people, not professional actors, and portray the misery of Cuba's poor.
Call Number: DEV/ECCUBC37DVD
Original Title: Megano, El
English Title: Charcoal Workers, The
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Country: Cuba
Subject/Theme: Development/Economics
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Director(FF): Julio Garcia Espinosa
Year: 1954
Distributor: FACETS
Media Type: DVD
Language: Spanish w. subtitles
Time: 20 minutes
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Public Performance Rights: 0
Rating: Not rated


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