Presentation and documentary of the book “Las Cigarreras de Alicante”.
The project “Las cigarreras de Alicante” is the book showing the result of the neighborhood research carried out through the workshop «Las cigarreras de Alicante». A history that lives up to the present”.
A project that saves the history of the Alicante Tobacco Factory with group work and an in-depth look at the visual language, brings the values of this female worker story closer to the present, to keep the memory alive and keep it active. one of the main parts of the city’s history, creation and expansion.
A photographer with extensive experience in the visual world, LUCIA MORATE directed the film “The History of Cigarreras de Alicante. A living history to the present” in 2021. A documentation and research process involving a group of 9 neighbors. Recovering this historical part of Alicante has resulted in a wonderful photobook and audiovisual.