12:30 PM
Part of the 2023 Latin American Film Festival, “Systemic violence and counter-media: Documentary, radio, poetry”
FLY SO FAR follows Teodora and The Seventeen in their struggle to regain their freedom. Due to the criminalisation of abortion, they have been sentenced up to 30 years in prison for having an obstetric emergency. Their testimonies and cases are evidence of the State’s violence against women, but also of collective resilience, solidarity and sisterhood.
The film is conducted by Teodora’s journey from being in prison to become an activist for women’s rights. When the film starts Teodora is still in jail, fighting for her freedom. After being imprisoned for almost eleven years she gets released, thanks to the help of the feminist movement and Human Rights organisations. Strong and determined, she continues fighting for the freedom of those women still in the Ilopango prison, as well as for their reintegration in society once released. Inside jail the women keep on resisting and waiting for their sentences to be reconsidered.
FLY SO FAR is a reflection on a system that punishes women, but also about the possibilities of empowerment and resistance both from freedom and from jail.
In Spanish with English Subtitles.
Rated: NR
Runtime: 1h 29m
Followed by a Q&A session with attendees moderated by Dr. Federico Pous.
The 2023 Latin American Film Festival is presented by Latin American Studies and sponsored by Belk Library; ElonDocs; the Department of World Languages and Cultures; El Centro; the Department of Sociology and Anthropology; the Isabella Cannon Global Education Center; International and Global Studies; Peace and Conflict Studies; and Women’s Gender and Sexualities Studies.