To count the difficulties faced by journalists when practicing his profession in Mexico and the painful implications they entail, the documentary ‘State of Silence’ produced by Diego Luna.
“The film seeks to humanizenot to talk to you about two or four journalists, but about a daughter who wants to go see her mother where she is entertained, about a father who says he wants to do journalism to make a better place for his son, that’s what it’s about. the film of the stories behind it,” he said. Diego Luna.
He documentary ‘State of Silence’ premiered in Latin America at the Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG) on Thursday, June 13, with the presence of the producer Diego Lunathe director Santiago Maza, as well as the journalists Marcos Vizcarra and María de Jesús Peters Pino.
Besides, Diego Luna seeks to show that the Attacks against journalists are also against freedom of expressionthe right to information and even to democracy.
“This violence is not only against them, what this means is that we as citizens do not have the tools to which we should have access to exercise our citizenship, it is our right as well and therefore it is our fight, I hope that the documentary “help a little bit to spread that indignation and we’ll see what we do with it,” he said. Diego Luna.
For her part, journalist María de Jesús Peters Pino explained the relevance of the documentary.
“We think it is very important that the situation that we are experiencing in the media be made visible, especially the provincial journalists, we are forgotten, poorly paid and I feel that they do not give us the importance but we raise many issues at the national and international level “said the communicator who lived on Forced displacement in Chiapas.
In addition, he asked that the documentary be shared with more people, to demand that journalists not continue to be murdered. “As we say, not one more, not one less, you don’t kill the truth by killing journalists.”
For his part, the journalist from Culiacán, Marcos Vizcarra, pointed out that he hesitated to participate in the documentary but spoke with his colleague Marcela Turati and reminded her that journalists rarely have the opportunity to talk about the violence they experience.
He pointed out that journalists need the support of civil society, which can range from following their work to demanding that the rights of journalists and lives be respected. “Please read us, listen to us, share, get involved and protect your community.”
He documentary ‘State of Silence’ tells the story of four independent journalists threatened and displaced, Marcos Vizcarra (Sinaloa), Jesús Medina (Morelos) and the couple formed by Juan de Dios García Davish and María de Jesús Peters Pino (Chiapas).
He documentary ‘State of Silence’ It was presented at the Tribeca Festival in New York.
The idea of this documentary began in 2018, he assured. Diego Luna and that the documentary was made without support but once finished it was found.
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