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The film illustrates the history before the background of the development process in Cuba. It demonstrates how with tearing the Slum areas and the new building of modern settlements do not change the thinking and behaviors of the inhabitants despite the length of time. Yolanda, a female teacher, cannot find the correct educating methods for the marginalized children because their own different origin. Mario, is a worker in a bus factory and a typical macho man. He is confronted with Yolanda’s emancipation tendencies. The two of them become lovers, and their relationship portrays that Racism , Sexism , and class-based Prejudices must be demolished in order to succeed. The film does not contain action in the traditional sense; however, it shows in an unusual mixture of documentary film modules and fiction the conflicts within the Cuban Society that are not solved yet today. As De Cierta Manera reveals, Gómez was a revolutionary community and the value of its cultural traditions; women's issues, the treatment of marginalized sectors of society, and the role of family within the revolution and workers' rights. It is important to realize that, for its time, the film was extremely {Link without Title} ] both in form and content. Hence, Sara Gómez remains one of the most significant filmmakers from Latin America . |
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