My Friend Bety
Director Diana Garay
Countries Mexico
Duration 87 min
Synopsis
Bety, my childhood friend, was sentenced in September 2004 to thirty years of prison accused of killing his mother. Bety is now twenty eight years old and is currently serving a prison sentence in the Santa Martha Acatitla, in Mexico City. Through this documentary I try to understand the circumstances that made Bety lost her freedom. What situations interacted and how fate decided the current condition of my friend. Bety and I are part of this story that has changed our lives.
Bety, my childhood friend, was sentenced in September 2004 to thirty years of prison accused of killing his mother. Bety is now twenty eight years old and is currently serving a prison sentence in the Santa Martha Acatitla, in Mexico City. Through this documentary I try to understand the circumstances that made Bety lost her freedom. What situations interacted and how fate decided the current condition of my friend. Bety and I are part of this story that has changed our lives.