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The Regional Cooperative Center for Adult Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (CREFAL) is an autonomous, international association founded by UNESCO in Pátzcuaro, Michoacán in 1951. Its mission is to train teachers in rural areas and to produce didactic materials ?namely audiovisual aids? to supplement basic education. Since its foundation, CREFAL began what can be considered the first production of documentary film in Pátzcuaro and the surrounding lake region, a process that is unique not only to the State of Michoacán and to the country, but in Latin America, and which set an important precedent in the years between 1951 and 1960. This retrospective seeks to recognize this effort


Country: México

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