MUJERDOC

As part of the campaign titled Your Voice Counts and arranged around 8 March (International Women's Day), a group of NGOs will be screening films such as Made in L.A., A Blooming Business and Elas Contam, recipients of the mujerDOC [WomenDOC] prize, awarded by the International Festival for Documentary Film on Gender, organized by Women of the World each year in the city of Soria.

Made in L.A. Almudena Carracedo / 70 min / 2007 / USA/With Spanish subtitles

>Synopsis: Three Latin-American immigrants report the violation of their rights as workers in a  Los Angeles factory.

>Trailer

A Blooming Business. Ton van Zantvoort / 52 min / 2009 / Netherlands/Dutch with Spanish subtitles

Synopsis: A documentary that delves into the working conditions of several people who work in the flower trade industry from Kenya to rich countries.

>Trailer

Elas Contam  (pegando a palavra)/ Women Matter (Speaking Up). Olga Latorre / 55 min / 2009 / Spain/ With Spanish subtitles

Synopsis: An audiovisual project dealing with the reality lived by different women of African descent living in Itapagipe, a peninsula of Salvador de Bahía (Brazil).

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>See a complete listing of showings at www.cinetecamadrid.com