Film

By the Name of Tania

2019 · 1h 25m · Documentary

IMDb

6.3

The Amazon flows lazily through the goldmine-gashed landscape of northern Peru. Using real eyewitness accounts, directors Bénédicte Liénard and Mary Jiménez tell the story of a young woman who winds up in the clutches of forced prostitution when her initially hopeful attempt to escape the constrictions of her village goes wrong. Step by step, she is robbed of her moral and physical integrity. The film reconstitutes a space of dignity and returns voice and identity to a fate formally made nameless. With its powerful imagery, the girl’s traumatic odyssey embodies the destruction of life in a capitalist world in connection with horrific natural devastation.

• Mary Jiménez Freeman-MorrisDirector · Writer
• Bénédicte LiénardWriter · Director
• Hanne PhlypoProducer
• Marie-Hélène DozoEditor

Release date

February 10, 2019

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

U

Genres

Documentary