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Event Series Event Series: I Am Berta

I Am Berta

April 23 @ 3:30 pm 6:30 pm CDT

Original Title • Berta Soy Yo

Berta Soy Yo ( I am Berta) • Official Feature Film Selection at the 39th Chicago Latino Film Festival 2023
DirectorCountryYearGenreDuration
Katia LaraHonduras2022Documentary2hr 16m

Synopsis in English

On March 2, 2016, environmental activist Berta Cáceres was gunned down by hired hitmen. She had led the Lenca people in their efforts to stop the construction of a hydroelectric plant on the Gualcarque River. Two nights before her assassination, Cáceres wrote down the names of the people and companies who wanted her dead. Katia Lara’s documentary traces the efforts of a local journalist and an international lawyer to solve Berta’s murder which led to the 2021 guilty verdict of those responsible.

Sinopsis en Español

El 2 de marzo de 2016, la activista ambiental Berta Cáceres es asesinada a tiros por sicarios. Ella había liderado al pueblo lenca en sus esfuerzos por detener la construcción de una planta hidroeléctrica en el río Gualcarque. Dos noches antes de su asesinato, Cáceres anotó los nombres de las personas y empresas que la querían muerta. Katia Lara rastrea en su documental los esfuerzos de un periodista local y un abogado internacional para resolver el asesinato lo cual condujo al veredicto de culpabilidad de los responsables en 2021.

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