✮⋆ Movie night: Vivas

🎥 Vivas by Angélica Cruz Aguilar (Eng subs, Germany/Mexico 2022). Documentary. Mexico sees official counts of 10‑11 feminicides per day; VIVAS places these tragedies within the larger feminist mobilisations seeking recognition, redress, and systemic reform. The term ‘feminicide’ was coined in Mexico and refers to the inaction and neglicence of the state in the murders of women. The fight against femi(ni)cide raises questions surrounding the state’s role in prevention, but also about decarceral and abolitionist feminism, striving for the abolition of prisons, police and the justice system as we know it today.

Intro & discussion by Róisín, femicide researcher and initiator of @femicide_niet_uit_liefde, a DIY project to raise funds for victims/survivors of intimate partner violence and (attempted) femicide who are not sufficiently helped by the system.

Content Warning: femicide

📅 Tuesday February 17th
⏲️ Time: 19h00 – 22h00 (movie length 83 min)
📍 De Opstand, The Hague (ask your network, DM, or e-mail for the address at boekenwinkelopstand@riseup.net)

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