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202683 minPG-13documentary

Dear Fatima

202683 minPG-13documentary

Lorena Gutiérrez protests outside the National Palace in Mexico City, demanding a meeting with President Claudia Sheinbaum a decade after her daughter Fátima's femicide.

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Lorena Gutiérrez Rangel,

Jesús Quintana Vega,

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Lorena Gutiérrez protests outside the National Palace in Mexico City, demanding a meeting with President Claudia Sheinbaum a decade after her daughter Fátima's femicide.

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Dawn Valadezdirector

Lorena Gutiérrez Rangeldirector

Jesús Quintana Vegadirector

Rodrigo Reyesdirector

Synopsis

A decade after the murder of her daughter Fátima at the age of 12, the victim of a brutal femicide, Lorena Gutiérrez takes a stand outside the National Palace to demand a meeting with Mexico’s first woman President.

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