Celebrating International Women's Day with two women who thoroughly deserve wider recognition. María Querida (Dearest Maria). Jose Luis Garcia Sanchez, Spain 2004 [U], Spanish with EST, 91 mins. In 1984, having returned to Spain after 45 years of exile, María Zambrano Alarcon (Pilar Bardem), philosopher and essayist was awarded the Cervantes Prize. Hidden Herstories: Claudia Jones, Octavia Foundation Young People, UK 2010 [U], 15 mins. The film exposes the plight and determination of heroines forgotten by society. One of these, Claudia Jones (1945-1964), was a founder of the West Indian Workers and Students Association, started the West Indian Gazette, protested against the racist murder of Kelso Cochrane and launched the first Caribbean carnival in the UK in 1959.