12:30 PM
Part of the 2023 Latin American Film Festival, “Systemic violence and counter-media: Documentary, radio, poetry”
In a penitentiary unit, over 200 women live imprisoned; many are mothers with their babies, foreigners, and lonely women. The documentary tells the story of three main characters, three female inmates, and three poets. Lidia is the mother of Abril, who was born in prison. During the documentary, she obtains her freedom. Majo is a Spaniard, a mother of 5 children with whom she cannot have any contact during her sentence. When she serves half her time, she will be expelled to her country of origin. Liliana is alone. Her father is her only relative and is also in jail. He has a long sentence to serve. The documentary explores the liberating capacity of the poetic word: the power of art from a reclusive space. The poetry transforms their realities, questions their past, and reinvents a future world. Life stories blend into a daily routine of contrasts between experience in prison and poetic creation until they reach the final phase of freedom.
In Spanish with English Subtitles.
Rated: NR
Runtime: 1h 4m
Followed by a Q&A session with filmmaker Marcia Paradiso and moderated by Dr. Leyla Savloff.
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.