Twenty years after Mi vida dentro (2007), filmmaker Lucía Gajá revisits Rosa Estela Olvera's story. Vidas en la orilla portrays the flaws of the criminal justice system in the United States and the tragic consequences of a wrongful conviction. Two interconnected narratives revealed what Rosa Estela Olvera (My life inside, 2007) had to endure in prison for 18 years: a psychoemotional exploration of the loneliness of confinement; and the long and arduous legal battle to clear her name.
In-Person
AFS Cinema
May 16
Credits
Director(s):
Lucía Gajá
Biography(s):
Lucía studied film at CUEC specializing in directing. Her films have been nominated 8 times for the AMACC Ariel award which she won after her first nomination in 2005. Mi vida dentro, her first documentary feature film received numerous awards, and was a central element in the release of Rosa Jimenez. Batallas íntimas (2017), her second feature film addresses domestic violence from 5 perspectives. She also is a member of the Mexican film academy and AMPAS.
