The feminist rebel Guatemala tried to erase — and almost succeeded.
In the course of Alaide Foppa's life, she became a precursor of feminism in Mexico. She was an immigrant who, in her own way, tried to break the molds established by her upper-class upbringing. Her sensitivity and intellectual development made her question matters of social injustice, educational and gender inequalities, the importance of socially-committed art forms and the vindication of democracy throughout Latin America. Her tragic end reveals much about the history of Guatemala.
Direction
Two women directors reclaiming another woman's stolen legacy.
Editing
Fragments of memory stitched into devastating coherence.
Director
María del Carmen de Lara
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Foppa co-founded Mexico's first feminist magazine, Fem, in 1976 — the same year she began receiving death threats.
Her son Julio Solórzano Foppa appears in the film, carrying the impossible weight of a mother's unsolved murder.
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