1978 Drama
1h 53min
A 1978 Berlin Film Festival prize winner, El Brigadista is the fictionalized story of a high school student from Havana who is part of the early '60s Literacy Brigades. These voluntary brigades encountered mistrust from the peasants they were hoping to teach, and death threates from the counter-revolutionaries still fighting in the Zapata Swamp. And then there were the crocodiles!
| Directed by | Octavio Cortázar |
| Written by | Octavio Cortázar |
| Company | Tricontinental Film CenterTricontinental Film CenterTricontinental Film Center |
| Original title | El Brigadista |
| Original lang. | Spanish |
| Country | Cuba |