After losing her 12-year-old daughter Fátima to a horrible attack and fleeing her home in a village in Mexico, Lorena leads her family on a quest for justice against a corrupt system that kills thousands of women and girls each year, taking her fight to the country’s Supreme Court.
Status
Development
About the Filmmakers
Co-Director/Producer
Rodrigo Reyes
Mexican director Rodrigo Reyes has received the support of The Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE), Sundance and Tribeca Institutes, while his films have screened on PBS and Netflix. His film “499,” won Best Cinematography at Tribeca and the Special Jury Award at Hot Docs. Rodrigo is a recipient of the prestigious Guggenheim, Creative Capital Awards and Rainin Artist Fellowship. In 2022, he won the Best Film Award at Sheffield DocFest with “Sansón and Me,” which opened the 2023 season of Independent Lens.
Co-Director/Producer
Dawn Valadez
Dawn D. Valadez, a second-generation Xicana and a dynamic force in filmmaking, social work, and artistry. In documentary filmmaking, Dawn shines as the Producer/Co-director of "The Pushouts" (2018), earning the 2019 Imagen Best Documentary award. Producing films such as, "Hummingbirds" (Castaños & Contreras, 2023), "Manzanar, Diverted" (Kaneko, 2021) she supports filmmakers across the country. Recognized by the Ford Foundation/Just Films, Sundance Documentary Fund, and Tribeca All Access, Dawn's awards include the Al Bendich Berkeley Film Foundation Award (2017) and a Chicago Media Project Impact Prize (2018). Her life's work epitomizes the synergy between advocacy, artistic expression, and youth empowerment.