Emmy®-Award winning director, Paula Heredia puts a spotlight on a Salvadoran teen's Loss of Reproductive Rights and How Ordinary People Can Create Extraordinary Change
WINNER
AUDIENCE AWARD
WINNER SILVER REMI
TOUCAN NATION EL TUCÁN QUE INSPIRÓ A UNA NACIÓN
A NEW DOCUMENTARY FILM DIRECTED PRODUCED AND EDITED BY PAULA HEREDIA
A FILM BY PAULA HEREDIA HAD SNEAK PREVIEWS AT FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE SUCHITOTO (FICS) El Salvador and FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DEL NUEVO CINE LATINOAMERICANO La Habana Cuba, December 2015
Dirigida por Paula Heredia Producida por Larry Garvin Música Original Daniel Freiberg • Pío René Suárez Fotografía telefónica Paula Heredia Fotografía adicional Claudio Tona • Frank Moreno • Israel Quijano Productores Asociados Roberto Burgos • José Cohen • Marcela Goglio Producida por Fundación Casa Clementina y Heredia Pictures
Josefa, una ex dirigente de la guerrilla urbana en El Salvador busca emerger de sus desasosiegos de guerra. Su hija, la realizadora salvadoreña Paula Heredia, la acompaña en una jornada donde Josefa reconcilia su pasado mientras le da voz a la gente de la comunidad que la ha acogido despues de la guerra, Suchitoto, El Salvador. Josefa, a former guerrilla leader in El Salvador seeks to emerge from a life of secrecy. Her daughter, Salvadoran filmmaker, Paula Heredia accompanies her in a journey that gives voice to Josefa and to the people of the community that embraced her after the war, Suchitoto, El Salvador
ELLA Magazine - La Prensa Gráfica, El Salvador, 2014
Paula Heredia received her second nomination for an EDDIE ACE award. In 1996 She was nominated and won the EDDIE for her artistic achievements in the documentary film “Unzipped.” This year, Paula Heredia received a second nomination for her contribution on the HBO documentary, “The Weight of the Nation.” On February 16, at the Hilton Beverly Hills, she declared: “I am not bringing home with the Eddie, but it was a great night”
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