Judged Bodies: The Fight for Reproductive Rights (Cuerpos Juzgados)

Name: Judged Bodies: The Fight for Reproductive Rights (Cuerpos Juzgados)
Director: Mariana Carbajal
Released: 2022

Mariana Carbajal 2022

Journalist Mariana Carbajal reveals the reality for women in El Salvador, a country which has one of the strictest abortion prohibition laws in the world. Many poor women have been sentenced to long prison terms after facing obstetric emergencies. Activist, Morena Herrera, and other activists fight for women’s reproductive rights.

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Running Time:

69 min.

Spoken Languages:

Spanish

Subtitles:

English

Directors:

Mariana Carbajal

Producers:

Fernando Collazo

Cinematographers:

Luciana Rodriguez Dacunto

Editors:

Luciana Rodriguez Dacunto

Production Companies:

Ponchosauer

Investigative Journalism

Law and Justice

Latin American Studies

Women

Judged Bodies: The Fight for Reproductive Rights (Cuerpos Juzgados)

Festival Participation

Guayaquil International Film Festival, Ecuador
AfricanBamba Human Rights Film Festival, Panama
FCEE, Ecuador Etnographic Film Festival, Ecuador
Festival de Cine Leonardo Favio, Argentina
International Film Festival for Human Rights, Colombia
MUMA Festival, Women’s Festival of Media and Audiovisuals, Argentina
WIFTV Mx, Women International Cinema & TV Festival, Mexico
ETNOVIDEOGRÁFICA, International Ethnovideography Festival, Spain
Films By Women Film Festival, Spain
MAFICI International Film Festival, Argentina
Linares International Film Festival, Chile
Dhaka International Film Festival, Bangladesh
Cinema de Femmes, Women Film Festival, France
Censored International Film Festival, Peru
Latin American Studies International Film Festival, Canada
The International Film Festival TOFIFEST. Kujawy Pomorze Region, Poland
The Women Deliver Conference's Arts & Film Festival, Rwanda

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