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Original Film Title: Freeing Juanita
Director’s Name: Sebastián Lasaosa Rogers
Writer’s Name: Sebastián Lasaosa Rogers
Producer: Ana Gómez, Tristan Call, Adrián Gutiérrez
Country of Origin: Guatemala, Mexico, United States
Country of Filming: Guatemala, Mexico
Language: Other, Spanish
Runtime: 1 hour 13 minutes 57 seconds
Film Description:
Juanita has been unjustly detained in Reynosa, Mexico for over seven years, accused of a crime she didn’t commit and forced to confess in a language she didn’t understand. This intimate portrait follows Ana and Pedro, Juanita’s aunt and uncle, on their thousand-mile journey from the highlands of Guatemala. With the help of their Maya Chuj community and a network of Maya interpreters, they fight for Juanita’s freedom and demand justice from the Mexican authorities, a cause that became internationally recognized for its defense of migrants’ rights and language justice.