IGUALADA

IGUALADA

Juan Mejia Botero
Premiere Status
Africa Premiere
Screening Dates
Wednesday, 18th September (5:30PM) – World Trade Center Saturday, 21st September (1:30 PM) – SilverBird Cinema, Accra Mall
Synopsis
In Colombia, a nation marred by profound racial and socio-economic disparities, a Black woman from a rural background challenges the status quo by launching a presidential campaign. Reappropriating the term “igualada,” Francia Márquez, catapults a movement to the upper echelons of power, by refusing to “know her place.” Fifteen years in the making, this documentary peels back the curtain on how unprecedented change can happen.
Synopsis
In Colombia, a nation marred by profound racial and socio-economic disparities, a Black woman from a rural background challenges the status quo by launching a presidential campaign. Reappropriating the term “igualada,” Francia Márquez, catapults a movement to the upper echelons of power, by refusing to “know her place.” Fifteen years in the making, this documentary peels back the curtain on how unprecedented change can happen.
Juan Mejia Botero
Premiere Status
Africa Premiere
Screening Dates
Wednesday, 18th September (5:30PM) – World Trade Center Saturday, 21st September (1:30 PM) – SilverBird Cinema, Accra Mall