Voices Beyond the Wall: Free Screening followed by Q & A
VOICES BEYOND THE WALL
TWELVE LOVE POEMS FROM THE MURDER CAPITAL OF THE WORLD
Director: Brad Coley, Producer: Cassidy Friedman, Cinematograper: Carmen Delaney, Editor: Elise Durant, Executive Producer: James Franco
Rescued from the streets of San Pedro Sula, Honduras, murder capital of the world, orphaned girls find their voices in poetry as they heal traumas of their past and prepare to transition into an uncertain future.
Founded twenty-five years ago in San Pedro Sula, a Central American city infamous for its poverty and violence, Our Little Roses is the only girls’ orphanage in Honduras. Seventy girls, ages 1-18, have found refuge there from broken and destitute homes, murderous streets, and the neighboring Bordo, the worst slum in the Americas. Inside twenty-foot high concrete walls topped with barb wire, they receive medical attention, food, shelter, and the nurturing care of a vibrant and entirely female collective of other “desechables”. (a slang word for orphans- also used for ‘disposable containers’)
Q&A with the director after the screening.