Latinas for Latino Lit (L4LL) Hispanic Heritage Month: Festival of Books
Special Guest María Aguí Carter, Filmmaker of PBS’ Rebel
SEE THE VIDEO FILMED INTERVIEW ON GOOGLE!
http://www.latinas4latinolit.org/2013/10/google-hangout-with-maria-agui-carter.html
Wed, October 2, 12:00 PM EDT
Join +Latinas for Latino Lit (L4LL)‘s +Viviana HurtadoPhD who hangs out w/ +PBS‘s +Maria agui carter–filmmaker behind the documentary #Rebel.
By: Viviana Hurtado, Ph.D.
María Aguí Carter is one of these people you just know you have to meet.María dazzled us with her story of the making of her feature PBS documentary “Rebel: Loreta Velazquez, Civil War Soldier and Spy.” Learn about María’s decade long journey to recover the erased history of Loreta Velazquez–who cross dressed to fight for the Confederacy–and spy–during the American Civil War. Despite being one of the few #Latinas to publish in the 1900s, Velazquez’s #story was forgotten, until María’s #documentary. Why did Velazquez fight? Despite writing a memoir, why was her story silenced? This is one thought-provoking #hangoutonair you don’t want to miss!
Click below to watch the YouTube video of our thought-provoking Google+ Hangout on Air w/ María who tells us about Loreta Velazquez–a woman who cross dressed to fight for the Confederacy–and spy–during the American Civil War. Who was Loreta? Why did she fight? Despite writing a memoir (and she was one of the few women and Latinas to do so in the 19th century), why was her story silenced?
http://www.latinas4latinolit.org/2013/10/google-hangout-with-maria-agui-carter.html
