Exclusive: A Woman Takes on Guatemalan Gangs to Find Her Sister in Cadejo Blanco Trailer
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- 20 Apr 2023
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The trailer for Cadejo Blanco showcases the story of a working-class Guatemalan girl who heads into gang territory in order to find her sister.
We have an exclusive trailer premiere for the stateside release of Cadejo Blanco. Following a working-class girl from Guatemala City who travels to a small coastal town to rescue her sister from a dangerous gang, the film had played very well with audiences during its run on the festival circuit. For example, it has screened at the following festivals, winning some awards along the way:
- Toronto Int'l Film Festival
- Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Estonia)
- Malaga Film Festival (Spain)
- BAFICI (Argentina)
- Santa Barbara Int'l Film Festival
- Winner - Grand Prize, Festival Icaro (Guatemala)
- Winner - New Blood Prize, Reims Polar Film Festival (France)
- Nominee - Ariel Awards (Mexico's Oscars), Best Iberoamerican feature
Cadejo Blanco is the third feature film from writer-director Justin Lerner. He was inspired to make the movie by the high rate of violent crime and gang-related deaths in the port city of Puerto Barrios, Izabal. Lerner personally visited and spoke with current and former gang members for his research. The filmmaker says he relied heavily on the biographies of young people he met from the gangs of Puero Barrios when putting together the script for his film, following a young teenager Sarita. It's also the first feature film to be set in Puerto Barrios and the first USA/Guatemala/Mexico co-production. Read More…
