Fly So Far
Fly So Far
Fly So Far
Fly So Far
Fly So Far
Fly So Far
Fly So Far

Fly So Far

Outdoor screening of the movie will be part of the festival “One World 2021 Prague”. The film will be screened only with Czech subtitles.

Fly So Far / Celina Escher / Sweden, El Salvador 2020 / 90 min. / Language: Spanish

Teodora Vásquez was accused and subsequently sent to prison for deliberately giving birth to a dead child. The years behind bars did not break her. On the contrary, they inspired her to fight for the rights of other unjustly punished women in El Salvador.

When Teodora Vásquez was nine months pregnant, she passed out because of the great pain she was in. She woke up in a hospital surrounded by police officers. In 2008, she was sentenced to 30 years for murdering her baby. She is by no means alone. In El Salvador, other women who have had abortions are awaiting justice in prison. They were said to be responsible for the care of the foetus. The filmmakers present their stories, Teodora's journey from prison and her transformation into an activist. With several human rights organisations behind her, she dedicates her life to fighting for the rights of 16 women convicted of giving birth to dead children. She hopes to help change one of the strictest abortion laws in the world.

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