JUDGED BODIES

The Fight for Reproductive Rights

Journalist Mariana Carbajal reveals the reality for women in El Salvador, a country that 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. Morena Herrera, and other activists fight for reproductive rights.

THE FILMMAKER

Mariana Carbajal is a journalist at Pagina 12 and host of the Punto Género show. Trained in journalism with a gender and rights perspective. For her journalistic works, Mariana has received numerous awards and distinctions. She is the author of four books and numerous articles. In 2017, Marian won the Lola Mora Award for Career. She was a promoter of the Ni Una Menos movement. Cuerpos Juzgados is her first documentary film.

AWARDS AND FESTIVALS

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