WUNRN
Women Make Movies - WMM
MIGRANT ILLEGAL WOMEN RISK DANGERS,
LIVES - CENTRAL AMERICA TO MEXICO TO US - FILM
Film Segment:
Maria in Nobody's Land
A film by Marcela
Zamora Chamorro
Spanish, Subtitled in English
MARIA IN NOBODY’S LAND is an
unprecedented and intimate look at the illegal and extremely dangerous journey
of three Salvadoran women to the United States, through Mexican territory. Doña
Inés, a 60 year old woman, has been looking for her daughter for five years and
is following the same route her daughter took while crossing Mexico en route to
the United States. Marta and Sandra, tired of the violence from their husbands
and wanting to overcome poverty, decide to leave their families behind to
travel to America - with only thirty dollars in their pockets. During their
harrowing journey, the three women encounter prostitution, slave trade, rape,
kidnap and even death, all in an unwavering quest for a better life.
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