The Letter
Director Rafael Bonilla
Countries Mexico
Duration 70 min
Synopsis
She came from El Salto, Durango to Lomas de Poleo, in Ciudad Juárez, the most violent border zone in Mexico. Paula Flores writes letters and tells us about her life: The kidnapping and murder of her daughter María Sagrario, the search for the killers, her fight against feminicide, the struggle for the land in Poleo, where there is a concentration camp, and the suicide of her husband, Chuy... In spite of everything, Paula is a human rights activist, fighting impunity and fear, always championing peace, planting this seed in the children of Lomas de Poleo, and trying to spread it around the world.
She came from El Salto, Durango to Lomas de Poleo, in Ciudad Juárez, the most violent border zone in Mexico. Paula Flores writes letters and tells us about her life: The kidnapping and murder of her daughter María Sagrario, the search for the killers, her fight against feminicide, the struggle for the land in Poleo, where there is a concentration camp, and the suicide of her husband, Chuy... In spite of everything, Paula is a human rights activist, fighting impunity and fear, always championing peace, planting this seed in the children of Lomas de Poleo, and trying to spread it around the world.