Rockrose, Alex and Mirandathree young women who have grown up in a juvenile center, plan to celebrate one of their birthdays by attending a concert by their favorite trap singer. However, not having enough money to buy the tickets, they meet a young woman from the neighborhood who offers them a way to get “quick” money: she organizes dates in the station bathrooms with adults. Finally, they end up in a minor prostitution network and one of them is a victim of a multiple rape. This is the plot of The station girlsthe new film directed by Juana Maciaswhich hits theaters this Friday.
On the occasion of November 25, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Womennext Monday there will be a special screening and a round table of The station girls. The event will take place at Peace Cinema (C/ Fuencarral, 125, Madrid). The film screening will begin at 11:00 a.m., followed by the participatory round table at 1:00 p.m.
The round table will be moderated by the corporate director of Public, Ana Pardo de Vera. Among the speakers are: Miguel Lorentedoctor in Forensic Medicine and Government delegate for Gender Violence between 2008 and 2011; Vicki Bernadetpresident of the foundation that bears her name, prominent in the prevention and treatment of victims of child sexual abuse; and Maria Teresa Molinadirector of the Childhood, Youth and Family Area at Aldeas Infantiles.
The event has been organized in collaboration with the Thyme Foundation, Children’s Villages and the Daydream Association. The audience will be made up mostly of young people, some of whom have been under the foster care and guardianship system. “Both the film screening and the round table aim to generate reflection and provide updated data on the reality of abuse, sexual exploitation of supervised minors and current challenges in child protection“, say the organizers of the meeting in a press release.
Ana Pardo de Vera: “We need more tools, more professionals and more care in guardianship centers”
“The station girls It is the result of impressive work by Juana Macías and her team; but also, it is the fruit of a commitment to a group of women – supervised minors – abandoned to their fate. A State that calls itself based on law, a democracy consolidated society, an advanced society, can no longer ignore these girls, their loneliness and helplessness,” says Pardo de Vera. He adds that “we need more tools, more professionals and more care, education and future prospects in guardianship centers. It is our obligation as journalists to give voice to this film, to report and make visible such a painful and unsustainable situation.
A story based on real events
On January 8, 2020, a 13-year-old minor was raped by a group of boys in Palma de Mallorca. The perpetrators of the rape were sentenced to one year of confinement and 8,500 euros in compensation for the victim, but most of the complaints are still awaiting trial. This case was what inspired Macías to create The station girls.
“Deep down, The station girls is a story about the infinite capacity of human beings to resist and flourish in the worst circumstances. I am sure that viewers, in addition to discovering the lives of our protagonists, will discover the lessons that can only be taught by those who have been dealt the worst cards in life, and who, despite that, fight every day to improve their lives. luck,” says the film’s director.
Other recent cases similar to the one mentioned show the persistence of child sexual exploitation in Spain. For example, when the Supreme Court convicted two pimps who drugged and prostituted three minors warded by the Government of Navarre or when the Prosecutor’s Office reached an agreement with the businessmen accused of prostituting at least 11 minors in Murcia.
The station girls It is a production of FeelGood Media (Juana Macías, Juan Moreno and Guillermo Sempere), Kowalski Films (Koldo Zuazua), La Perifèrica Produccions (Bàrbara Ferrer, Montse Rodríguez and Cesc Mulet) and The girls of the AIE station. The film features the participation of RTVE, IB3 and Movistar Plus+and has received the support of Ministry of Culture, he Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Artsthe Mallorca Tourism Foundation, Mallorca Film Commissionthe Community of Madrid and the Madrid City Council.
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