By the Name of Tania

By the Name of Tania

85 mins | Documentary | Feb. 10, 2019

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.

By the Name of Tania

85 mins | Documentary | Feb. 10, 2019

By the Name of Tania
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.
Producers RTBF, Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, VRT, Clin d'oeil Films, BALDR, Dérives Productions, Centre de l'Audiovisuel à Bruxelles (CBA), MEDIA Creative Europe, Fonds Audiovisuel de Flandres (VAF), Cinétroupe, Fonds Audiovisuel des Pays-Bas (NFF)
Original title Con el nombre de Tania
Directors Mary Jimenez Freeman-Morris, Lali Madueño, Bénédicte Liénard
Writers