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Earth Women

Six trips to six lost communities between the dry land and the giant Lake Enriquillo in the southwest of Dominican Republic. A mosaic of stories of women from the countryside, where they live within the limits set by the same society they care for, fight for and wait responses from.

  • Wendy P. Espinal
    Director
    Cosecha, Alimento, La Isla sin Mar
  • Mijaíl Peralta
    Director
    Campeón, Alimento
  • Wendy P. Espinal
    Writer
  • Mijaíl Peralta
    Writer
  • Wendy P. Espinal
    Producer
  • Mijaíl Peralta
    Producer
  • Tatiana Fernández Geara
    Director of Photography
    Nana
  • Ariel Sosa Sánchez
    Sound
    Si Bondye Ble, Yuli
  • Arisleida Medina Florián
    Key Cast
  • Clisálida Medrano "Lila"
    Key Cast
  • Agustina Galán Torres "Sugey"
    Key Cast
  • Juana Mateo
    Key Cast
  • Rosa Mesa Mateo "Jinín”
    Key Cast
  • Marianny Mateo
    Key Cast
  • María Mateo Feliz "Mella"
    Key Cast
  • Érida Pérez
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Mujeres Tierra
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    30 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    June 30, 2016
  • Country of Origin:
    Dominican Republic
  • Country of Filming:
    Dominican Republic
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    HD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Festival "Hecho en Dominicana - Cortos Comprometidos"
    Santo Domingo
    Dominican Republic
    July 28, 2016
    World Premiere
  • Festival INSULARIA
    Tenerife
    Spain
    October 7, 2016
    International Premiere
  • Festival MiradasDoc
    Guia de Isora, Tenerige
    Spain
    January 31, 2018
  • III DIRECTED BY WOMEN SPAIN
    Madrid
    Spain
    September 16, 2017
  • Ciclo de Documentales “La Voz de los Sin Voz” - Red Española de ONGs
    Madrid
    Spain
    May 31, 2017
  • ONU MUJERES – Ciclo de Cine del Encuentro Nacional de Mujeres Rurales
    Quito
    Ecuador
    October 13, 2017
    Ecuatorian Premiere
Director Biography - Wendy P. Espinal, Mijaíl Peralta

WENDY P. ESPINAL - Filmmaker and cultural manager graduated from the School of Arts UNAPEC, the National School of Dramatic Art of Santo Domingo and the Université Sorbonne Paris 1.
As a producer, she has worked on many audiovisual and cultural projects, including the feature films "Petra" (Jaime Rosales - Spain/France/Denmark), "Cocote" (Nelson Carlo de los Santos - Dominican Republic / Argentina / Germany), "El Rey de la Habana" (Agustí Villaronga - RD), "Vacanze ai Caribi" (Neri Parenti - Italy / RD) and "The Cosmonaut" (Nicolás Alcalá - Spain).
The documentary short films "Harvest", "Food" and "Earth Women" are her first works as director and compose a triptych on rural life in the Dominican Republic. From the research for these projects, she also created the video art project: "State: Rural", part of the prestigious XXV Eduardo León Jimenes Art Contest.
She is currently working on the postproduction of "No Sea Island" (Fonprocine Grant, Ibermedia Development Grant), her first feature film. She lives between Santo Domingo and Madrid, developing several artistic projects and co-productions.

MIJAÍL PERALTA - Journalist and filmmaker. He studied Screenplay and Documentary Development at the Film Institute of Madrid (Spain) and the Film School of Chile (Santiago de Chile).
He has worked as a reporter and editor for newspapers such as El Caribe, and has also been responsible for the press and audiovisual contents of entities such as the RD and Caribbean Documentary Festival (RDOC), Centro Cultural Eduardo León Jiménez, Comprehensive Care for Early Childhood (INAIPI) and the Dominican Embassy in France.
He has written and directed some fiction short films and documentaries, including "Food", under the GVC - Sparring Partner program; "Earth Women" (Cesal Dominicana), and "Champion" (3rd Place Contest VII Santo Domingo International Short Film Festival-UASD and Best Short Film Independent International Film Festival of Santiago).
He is currently on development of his first feature film "Brown & Black", a narrative feature about the life of two shiner boys in the streets of Santo Domingo.

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