Synopsis

Teens and women across the Dominican Republic speak about the fear, pain, and resilience related to experiences of clandestine abortion and forced motherhood.

• Paula

  Cury

  Director

  Paula Cury Melo is a producer and director born in the Dominican Republic. Her documentary short film “Adrift” (A la deriva) won international awards becoming the festival’s official nominee for the Oscars in the documentary short film category.

• Samuel

  Didonato

  Producer

  Samuel Didonato (USA) is a film producer and associate director of Cinema Tropical, a non-profit distributor of Latin American films. His journalistic work has been published in Democracy Now!, NPR and Unicorn Riot.

• Natalia

  Imaz

  Producer

  Her productions explore the intersection of history, (auto)biography, personal narratives and socio-political issues. Her areas of interest revolve around issues of identity, feminism, female perspectives, migration and the diasporic gaze, family dynamics.