Raquel: A Marked Woman (2013)
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Country:
USA, Argentina
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Duration:
34 min
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Genre:
biography
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Director:
Gabriela Bohm
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Producer:
Gabriela Bohm, Martin Ganem, Leslie J Y
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Cast:
Graciela Casotto, Martin Ganem
About film
The film takes place in the early 20th century Argentina, where women were torn from their children and tricked into prostitution. Many gave up, but not Raquel. Memories of her children and her love for them gave her strength to fight. Her defiance of the system became the first step towards the ongoing fight for the elimination of sexual exploitation in Latin America.
Director
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
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.
