NUESTRA LIBERTAD

2020, Sweden/El Salvador

Celina Escher

Teodora Vásquez was convicted of murder and served ten years in prison for her crime. Why? She had a miscarriage. After a tremendous effort by activists from feminist movements and human rights organisations, Teodora was finally released. Since then, she has been a spokesperson for the 16 women who are still in prison for the same ‘crime’. Teodora has become a symbol for all those who suffer from the cruelty of El Salvador's unfathomably misogynistic justice system and its criminalisation of abortion. This is also a film about sisterhood, resistance, and solidarity.

Frauen in beigen Uniformen stehen und gehen in einem Korridor mit blauen Gitterwänden, durch die das Sonnenlicht fällt. Einige Frauen lehnen sich an die Gitterstäbe, weiter unten im Gang steht ein leuchtend orangefarbener Stuhl.
Section: Worldwide Visions
Country: Sweden/El Salvador
Director: Celina Escher
Language: spanisch-englische OmenglU
Running time: 88min

DCP

Austrian premiere