Gender Violence Survivors Discover Their Voice in ‘La Vida de Nosotras’ Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)

Few productions set to air in 2022 promise the emotional impression and political urgency of “La Vida de Nosotras,” which interprets to “Our Lives” in English, a five-part short-form collection telling the true tales of 16 ladies – three or 4 per episode – who suffered from, fell sufferer to or overcame patriarchal violence.

Up-and-coming director Bárbara Barrera Morales directs all 5 of the collection’ episodes, produced by Worldwide Emmy-winning filmmaker Hernán Caffiero and BTF Media co-founders Francisco Cordero and Ricardo Coeto. In truth, a lot of the movie’s technical crew labored collectively on Caffiero’s Emmy-nominated collection “Una Historia Necesaria.”

“La Vida de Nosotras” boasts a powerful solid in entrance of the digital camera as properly, together with cinema standouts reminiscent of “The Maid” lead Catalina Saacedra; Alejando Goic, who starred in Pablo Larraín’s Berlin Jury Prize-winner “The Membership”; “Violeta Went to Heaven’s” Francisca Gavilan; and Amparo Noguera, who just lately starred in “La Jauria,” one among Selection’s high worldwide collection of 2020.

Every episode of the collection begins with the testimonial of its protagonist or a member of the family, who introduces their story. The screenplays had been written with the objective of visualizing, denouncing and elevating consciousness of the issues brought on by gender violence, one among most urgent cultural and political points being confronted throughout a lot of Latin America lately.

“This collection was constructed, from the start, with the understanding that violence towards ladies is a structural downside; that’s, it’s on the very base of our society and exists as a continuum, as a result of ladies undergo violence from delivery till we die,” explains Barrera. “This, on the identical time, implies understanding that such violence has totally different manifestations, starting from probably the most excessive varieties, reminiscent of femicides, femicide punishments and femicide suicides, to sexual violence, road and labor harassment and sexist schooling, amongst others.”

Unwilling to dwell on the evils of gender violence, the collection casts a heroic mild on a lot of its diverse protagonists. Ladies from totally different races, financial backgrounds and disparate geographical settings are painted not solely as victims, however as survivors.

“The idea of ‘resistance’ was key to the development of the episodes. As a director, I feel it’s important that girls who’ve or are struggling violence see on this collection prospects to go away that circle, primarily by means of help networks of different ladies,” says Barrera.

BTF Media funded and produce the collection, with monetary help from the Nationwide Tv Council of Chile. The collection is at present within the closing phases of post-production and actively in search of world broadcast companions.

Barrera credit the manufacturing crew and her crew for creating an setting conducive to producing this sort of collection.

“It is very important spotlight the artistic freedom that I used to be given from the start of this undertaking, permitting me to to method it from a feminist standpoint. In that very same sense, the collaborative work with a crew composed of 70% ladies and having labored with Hernán Caffiero, Francisco Cordero and Ricardo Coeto, had been key to with the ability to create a collection with a feminist perspective and with excessive manufacturing worth, respectively.”

“La Vida de Nosotras” will reléase in Chile later this 12 months.