Directed by Pam Sporn • Documentary • With Zoe Nocedo Primo, Gricel Lombillo • 2007 • 28 minutes

With a Stroke of the Chaveta takes viewers into the legendary cigar factories of Cuba to witness the survival of the collective reading of literature while tabaqueros roll cigars. We learn how through la lectura de tabaquería cigar workers have been entertained, educated, and maintained a sense of class solidarity.