Radio Silence delves deeply into the brave spirit of journalist Carmen Aristegui, and explores all of her complexity, generosity and intelligence in one of the most dangerous countries to work as a reporter uncovering corruption – Mexico. Gilda Vieira de Mello Prize by the Barbara Hendricks Foundation for Peace and Reconciliation at the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights – FIFDH, Geneva, March 2020.We commend the filmmakers for their commitment to follow their protagonist - an incorruptible journalist and a brave woman who refuses to be intimidated or silenced - over the course of several years. Special mention for RADIO SILENCE for addressing a topic of special importance - freedom of expression and freedom of the press - specifically in Mexico, but not only. Special Mention for Human Rights Doc Competition at DOKUFEST, August 2020.SIMA – Social Impact Awards 2020 for the Best Edited Documentary Feature.Interviews: Jorge Ramos interview with Carmen Aristegui, Cineuropa Interview with Juliana Fanjul (EN) Reviews: Los Angeles Times, La Opinión, Los Angeles Times, Women and Hollywood, PopMatters, Remezcla, The Boston Globe, Newstalk interview, The Guardian, Remezcla, Aesthetica, Latino Life, Telerama, Variety, Modern Times Review by Carmen Gray, Modern Times Review by Dieter Wieczorek, Cineuropa review Upcoming: Elles Tournent – Dames Draaien Festival (May 17-25) More: Beldocs, Human Rights Film Festival Inconvenient Films Lithuania, Human Rights Film Festival Berlin, Filmfest FrauenWelten Terre des Femmes Berlin, Französische Filmtage Tübingen Stuttgart, Portland Latin American FF, Fesaalp, Films4 Transparency Festival – International Anti-Corruption Conference, World Press Freedom Conference 2020, Sofia DocuMental, Festival International du Film Politique, DOC-Cévennes, Mexico Prague Iberoamerican Film Festival, Imagine India Festival Madrid, Lateinamerikanische Tage, Women Make Waves, Grand Bivouac Albertville, HER Docs Film Festival 2021 Festival of Latin American Women in Arts (FLAWA).2020 Festival de Huelva Cine Iberoamericano.2020 Millenium Documentary Film Festival.2020 Doc Montevideo, Documentary Week of Uruguay.2020 Human Rights Watch London and New York.A fight against monopolistic concentration of the media, against an authoritarian and corrupt political system, all in a climate undermined by threats and constant intimidation of drug traffickers.Ģ019 World Premiere: Zürich Film Festival – Documentary CompetitionĢ019 International Premiere: IDFA – Frontlight RADIO SILENCE immerses us in the fight of Carmen Aristegui, a woman inhabited by an extraordinary courage.
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Through testimonials, archive footage and social networks excerpts, we follow Carmen and her team in a large ongoing investigation conducted alongside the construction of her new internet radio station.
In some other country this might be an easier task, but in Mexico, where social and economic situation is dominated by drug traffickers and political corruption, Carmen and her team have an uphill battle. This documentary captures Carmen’s enduring and dangerous fight to recreate a space of freedom of speech and keep informing her listeners. Who is this woman behind famous Mexican journalist? How did she become a popular figure of resistance and freedom of expression in Mexico? Who are her main enemies? Why is she still alive when dozens of her colleagues have been murdered in recent years and months? Does she find herself trapped in a role she did not want to endorse? Despite this exceptional mobilization, the station does not give way. The next day more than 200,000 people demonstrate and sign a petition calling for her return on air and the end of censorship. March 2015, due to political pressure and false pretenses, Carmen Aristegui, the main voice of independent journalism in Mexico, is fired with her team from the MVS Radio station.
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