Willing to Learn Movie Review 1993

Tells the story of Dacia, an unemployed 23 year-old from the Caribbean island ofSt. Vincent, who is barely literate and the sole-supporter for two young children. She discusses how she would like to learn, the events that led her to believe that she must change if she ever hoped of escaping the grip that poverty had over her and her children, and her decision to attend adult literacy education class.

Distribution

University of California Extension Ctr. for Media & Independent Learning, 2000 Center St., 4th Fl., Berkeley, CA 94704, Phone: (510)642-0460, Fax: (510)643-9271, Email: mediaservices@ucxonline.berkeley.edu

Available on VHS
Running time 27 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Caribbean, Education, Poverty