With a Stroke of the Chaveta is a poetic documentary short (28 minutes) that leaves us wondering where to draw the line between "worker" and "intellectual."
From the middle of the 1800s to the early 1900s lectores, or readers, were an integral part of the world of cigar workers in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Florida, and New York. Through "la lectura," or reading, communities of cigar workers were entertained, educated, and developed a sense of class solidarity.
The voice of the cigar makers’ beloved lector is but a whisper in most places. How has the tradition of factory readings survived in Cuba?