Local Power, Popular Power

A local election in a Cuban town of sugar-mill workers offers a look at political organizing on a grassroots level. Illuminating the significance of this event for the individual and the collective, Sara Gómez speaks with residents and employees about issues around unequal food distribution, and about the qualities they look for in delegates to the local assembly—including whether a woman could do the job.

Local Power, Popular Power was restored in 4K resolution by the Vulnerable Media Lab as part of the Sara Gómez Project.