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The Spanish section at the MLTC, University of Sheffield, invites you to the III Film Screening event: Three documentaries by Monica Wise: covering Mexico and Guatemala with Q-A session
Three documentary films: Lupita (Mexico, 2019); The Mexican women who kicked out the cartels (Mexico, 2021) and Girls: we are the fire (Guatemala, 2022): by Monica Wise (Spanish with English subtitles). With Q-A: Monica Wise (Documentary filmmaker) and Andira Hernández-Monzoy (Head of Social Science and Humanities, University of Sheffield International College (USIC)).
The Mexican women who kicked out the cartels (Mexico, 2021)
The Mexican women who kicked out the cartels (Mexico, 2021)
Review
The Mexican women who kicked out the cartels is a Short Doc for The Guardian. This documentary tells the story of Adelaida Sánchez, a member of the community police force in Cherán, a Purépecha indigenous town in Michoacán, Mexico, which declared itself autonomous in 2011.
When the town was under siege from illegal logging, cartel criminals, and corrupt authorities and the men of the town stood by and did nothing, it was left to women to lead the fightback. On the tenth anniversary of the uprising, Adelaida patrols the town and its forests, providing an oasis amidst the murder, kidnap and extortion across the state… (Phillips, C., Lamborn, K. and Sprenger, R., 2021). The Guardian.
Girls: We are the fire / Niñas somos fuego (Guatemala, 2022)
Girls: We are the fire / Niñas somos fuego (Guatemala, 2022)
Review
Niñas somos el fuego was awarded as Premio GABO 2022 Winner as part of No Fue El Fuego Multimedia Project/ Proyecto OCOTE.
This documentary that was filmed over 4 years portrays the state crime in Guatemala that left 41 girls dead on March 8 (IWD) 2017. Victoria Bouloubasis and Mónica Wise interviewed three of the survivors, lawyers and experts to shed light on the consequences of this crime.
The screening
The screening
The session will begin with the screening of three documentaries and will be followed by a Q & A and refreshments afterwards.
Guests
Monica Wise (Film director,via Google Meet). Official website.
Andira Hernández-Monzoy (Head of Social Science and Humanities, University of Sheffield International College (USIC)/ MA and MPhil in Political Science from Yale University).
Event Details
Event Details
Event title: Three documentaries by Monica Wise, covering Mexico and Guatemala (61 min. English subtitles) with Q-A session (15 min post screening) and refreshments at the end.
Date: 6th March 2024
Venue: Diamond Building LT 06/ University of Sheffield.
Time: 6:15p.m. - 7:45 p.m.
Free entry but please sign up here if you wish to attend this unique one time screening.
Organisers: Anabel Castillo /Irene Hoyo/ UoS)
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