Loreta janet a velazquez biography template

When filmmaker María Agui Carter first came across the memoir of a Latina woman who fought in the Civil War, she recognized "a voice that sounded so modern" and was compelled to make a film about this maverick.

We asked Agui Carter a few questions about her film and the woman "who made no apologies about breaking every gender, social, and ethnic boundary." See REBEL at the museum on March 28,

Can you tell us a little bit about Loreta Janeta Velazquez and her story?
When the American Civil War broke out, Velazquez, a Cuban immigrant who grew up in New Orleans, disguised herself as a man to fight as a Confederate soldier, then spied as a double agent for the Union.

Contemporary research shows she was one of about a thousand women soldiers who fought in the Civil War.

How did you first find out about Loreta Janeta Velazquez? What drew you to her story and made you thin