Still from Igualada (2024), by Juan Mejía Botero
Still from Igualada (2024), by Juan Mejía Botero
Igualada
7:00 pm–8:30 pm
Directed by Juan Mejía Botero (Colombia, Mexico, and USA, 2024, 81 min.). Spanish with English subtitles.
In Colombia, a nation marred by profound racial and socioeconomic disparities, a Black woman from a rural background challenges the status quo by launching a presidential campaign. Reappropriating the term “igualada,” Francia Márquez catapults a movement to the upper echelons of power by refusing to “know her place.” With unprecedented access, director Juan Mejía Botero brings his camera into Márquez’s inner circle as she runs a rousing campaign and speaks truth to power under constant threat of death. Fifteen years in the making, this documentary peels back the curtain on how unprecedented change can happen.
“Stirring…rousing and intimate, making for an often moving, sometimes nerve-wracking ride.” —Variety
Wheelchair accessible
With English subtitles
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