Raquel: A Marked Woman (2013)

Raquel: A Marked Woman
16+
  • Country:

    USA, Argentina

  • Duration:

    34 min

  • Program:

    Competition, 1st MJFF

  • Type:

    Documentary, Short

  • Genre:

    biography

  • Director:

    Gabriela Bohm

  • Producer:

    Gabriela Bohm, Martin Ganem, Leslie J Y

  • Cast:

    Graciela Casotto, Martin Ganem

About film

Director

Gabriela Bohm

was born in 1964, producer, director, film editor, and screenwriter. Her parents were survivors of the Holocaust. She studied painting, sculpture, art history, photography and film at the A Midrasha Le Morim Leomanut Art School in Israel, and documentary filmmaking at the Tisch School of the Arts. Her 2013 short film Raquel: A Marked Woman about women in Argentina forced into prostitution was named the Best Documentary Short at Jewish film festivals in Punta del Este, San Diego and Warsaw.

Director

Gabriela Bohm

was born in 1964, producer, director, film editor, and screenwriter. Her parents were survivors of the Holocaust. She studied painting, sculpture, art history, photography and film at the A Midrasha Le Morim Leomanut Art School in Israel, and documentary filmmaking at the Tisch School of the Arts. Her 2013 short film Raquel: A Marked Woman about women in Argentina forced into prostitution was named the Best Documentary Short at Jewish film festivals in Punta del Este, San Diego and Warsaw.