Teaneck International Film Festival - "Igualada"

Saturday, November 09, 2024 @ 12:00pm

Teaneck International Film Festival - Teaneck Cinemas
503 Cedar Lane, Teaneck, NJ 07666

Documentary - (Subtitles - Spanish) - 81 MINUTES

Directed by Juan Mejia Botero

Description: In Colombia, a nation marred by profound racial and socio-economic 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.” Fifteen years in the making, this documentary peels back the curtain on how unprecedented change can happen.

Sponsored by League of Women Voters of Teaneck; Martin Luther King Birthday Committee

Talkback with Co-Producer Juan E. Yepes