Yalitza Aparicio
returned to the
recording
set
with her second film project 'Peace Peace Now Now', a series that portrays women survivors of sexist violence in Latin America.
Through her Instagram account, the Mexican actress shared the first images of her participation in the Netflix documentary, directed by the also protagonist
Daniela Vega,
and which is currently being filmed in Guatemala.
The film project in which the protagonist of the film 'Roma' participates has the participation of renowned stars such as the vocalist of the musical group Garbage
, Shirley Manson
and
Ester Expósito.
In the photographs, which were also shared by the film's official account, Yalitza can be seen aboard a boat navigating a river in the Central American country.
Peace Peace Now Now / Instagram
"I am excited to learn that these stories will be told from the perspective of four women, each of whom has fought in our fields in some way, and we have sought to bring vital care to their cases," the actress said in an interview with the agency. 'EFE'.
Yalitza Aparicio will be part of the third chapter of the documentary, since the first and second, in which Manson and Expósito participate respectively, have already been recorded.
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'Peace Peace Now Now' will have four episodes in total and aims to raise awareness of the voices of different communities on the continent in order to collect testimonies from different women who have suffered because of machismo.
The episode of the Oaxacan woman will address the issue of sexual assaults suffered by the women of Sepur Zarco, in Guatemala.
The famous one will reveal the violence and stories of sexual abuse suffered by women in this region of Latin America, in what has been one of the most heartbreaking events in the history of this country.
Sepur Zarco was surrounded by the military who kidnapped and sexually abused hundreds of indigenous women of Q'echi origin during a civil war that lasted 36 years.
The episode starring Ester Expósito was recorded in Barcelona, Spain, while the one with the Garbage singer was filmed in Santiago de Chile.
The next installment, by Daniela Vega, will be recorded in Colombia.
Daniela Vega is focused on making visible the violence of machismo, a problem that the women around them have had to survive.
The actress's episode will focus on a camp for women displaced by violence and the armed conflict in Colombia, which is known as "The City of Women."
For her part, Ester Exposito approached Mexican journalist
Lydia Cacho
, who had to move to Spain after receiving death threats after denouncing a group of pedophiles who had a lot of influence with well-known politicians in Mexico.
'Los Demonios del Edén' was the book that Cacho published, in which he linked businessman
Jean Succar Kuri
to a network of child trafficking and pedophilia.
According to the information obtained by the journalist, Succar Kuri offered minors in his Cancun businesses as sex tourism, in addition to abusing five-year-old girls himself and using his influence with Mexican businessmen and politicians to get away with impunity.
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