TEMPEST

(TEMPESTAD) 

Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018                     4:00 P.M.                    The Robin Theatre

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Genre: Documentary, Human Rights, Women, Criminal Justice, Family

ABOUT THE FILM

Tatiana Huezo/México/2016/105 min

In Spanish with English Subtitles

A poignant doc by celebrated filmmaker Tatiana Huezo, Tempestnarrates the parallel journey of two women. Mirror-like, it reflects the impact of the violence and impunity that afflict México. Through their voices, we are drawn into the heart of their feelings, steeped in loss and pain, but also love, dignity, and resistance.

On a normal day on her way to work, Miriam is arrested on suspicion of human trafficking. While the government reports that a criminal gang has been rounded up, in reality a group of innocent Mexicans has fallen victim to the vagaries of a corrupt system. After her detention, she is handed over to a private prison controlled by the Organized Crime, where she is forced to pay a monthly fee to remain alive.

Adela works as a clown in a traveling circus. Ten years ago, her life was irreversibly transformed; every night during the show, she evokes her missing daughter, Monica. Tempest has screened at more than 60 film festivals worldwide, collecting awards in Berlin, Lima, Havana, Madrid, Cork, and many others.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

Born in 1972 in El Salvador, Tatiana Huezo moved to Mexico City at age five. A graduate of the prestigious Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC), she’s the recipient of the Gucci/Ambulante award, a grant established in 2007 to support new and established Mexican documentarians. Huezo has taught documentary film at the University Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. The Tiniest Place (2011) was her first feature-length documentary, followed by Tempestad (2016).

A 30 minute discussion of the film will follow the screening hosted by Miguel A. Cabañas with María Serrato (Capital Area Latina Youth), Erin Graham (History), and Alexandra Hidalgo (Writing, Rhetoric & American Cultures).