The Suffragists Film Screening

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Event Sponsor
Center for Latin American Studies
Location
Bolivar House
The Suffragists Film Screening

Q&A with Director Ana Cruz Navarro

The story of Eufrosina Cruz, an indigenous woman from the Zapotec community of Santa María Quiegolani in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. Her right to vote and run as Municipal President of her community was denied on the grounds that indigenous customary laws prohibit women from participating in electoral processes. After a long battle, Eufrosina Cruz was elected and is the first indigenous woman to be a member of the Congress of Oaxaca. The Suffragists details her political struggle, as well as Mexican women’s’ long fight for political power.

Ana Cruz Navarro was born in Mexico City and has a Degree in Communication Sciences from Iberoamericana University. She also studied cinema at the University of Southern Californian (USC) and Universal Studios in Los Angeles. In order to specialize in documentary film direction, Cruz Navarro attended the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in London.  She has worked for over 30 years at Mexican public radio, television and cinema national institutions and also as an independent director, producer and scriptwriter. Ana Cruz Navarro has won recognition and several screenwriting and producing awards for radio and television cultural series including the National Award for Journalism, and the Silver Microphone Award. From 2007 to 2012, Cruz Navarro was CEO of Arte y Cultura en Movimiento, her own audiovisual production company, where she produced several television series and documentary films.

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