Alessandra Zeka and Holen Sabrina Kahn have been producing documentary stories collaboratively since 1998. Their films have focused on Albania, Rwanda, India, Taiwan, and issues in Central America as well as the U.S. Their projects include Te Dürosh, Harsh Beauty, Katrina and the 3 million dollar tiger, A Garden Grows in Harlem and Summer Ghosts as well as other shorts and community based projects. To learn more about the projects, Adrenaline Films www.adrenalinefilms.net
About the Film
A Quiet Inquisition is the vivid story of what happens when the state criminalizes abortion. This is the current reality for the doctor at the center of our film. An OBGYN at a public hospital in Managua, Nicaragua, she must choose between disregarding her medical ethics by obeying the law, or risk incarceration by breaking the law to treat girls and women she believes are in physical or emotional danger.
The film is an exploration into the complex effects of such criminalization on all sectors of society and a cautionary tale for a possible future at our own nation’s doorstep.
Sobre la Pelicula
Una inquisición silenciosa retrata la experiencia de mujeres, doctores y activistas en El Salvador y Nicaragua, países donde cualquier interrupción del embarazo es una ofensa criminal vigorosamente perseguida. No existen excepciones cuando el embarazo es resultado de una violación o de incesto o pone en peligro la vida de la madre ni cuando el feto presenta graves malformaciones. Construido con historias en primera persona, el documental propone un retrato no sólo de las vidas directamente golpeadas por la prohibición sino de cómo tan draconianas leyes marcan todo el tejido social y sirve como cautelosa advertencia sobre el potencial futuro que ya toca a las puertas de Estados Unidos.
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