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As part of the commemoration of International Women’s Day, Star+ premieres today “El Grito de las Mariposas”, a production set in the Dominican Republic and based on true events, about a Latin American woman who made history.
“Between the year 1930 and the day of his assassination in 1961, Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, alias “El Chivo”, turned the life of the Caribbean country into a tragic opera starring a monster who could not bear any opinion against him, much less a ‘no’ from the lips of a woman. Assassinations planned by those in power, abuses and gender violence, artistic and sporting spectacles, and absolute control of the media, were the tools put into practice by one of the most grotesque tyrants that remember the 20th century to control the people,” the synopsis details.
This production focuses on the friendship between the young Spanish immigrant Arantxa Oyamburu and Minerva Mirabal, a well-known Dominican political activist who, along with her sisters, received the nickname “the Butterflies”, becoming a Latin American legend by confronting Trujillo and contributing to the abrupt end of the fierce dictator.
The cast includes the Dominican Sandy Hernández (Minerva Mirabal), the Spanish Belén Rueda (Pilar Macías) and Susana Abaitua (Arantxa Oyamburu); the Cuban Luis Alberto García (Rafael Leónidas Trujillo).
“The cry of the Butterflies” is composed of 13 chapters of 45 minutes. Some of the topics in the series include issues that are still current, such as gender violence, the claim for women’s rights, gender equality, female empowerment, among others.
Other series to reflect on the role of women
Good Girls Revolt
The story follows a group of young investigative journalists working for “News of the Week” who call for equal treatment. Her petition for justice is a milestone in feminist history within the journalism sector. Set in 1969, it tells the story of the cultural revolution, a time when it hit the United States society hard. It has a season with 10 episodes.
Amazon Prime
It was not my fault
Stories of 10 women who seek the same thing: justice. Inspired by real cases. Mariana (Paulina Gaitán), must face the worst tragedy of her life when her younger sister, Lily, mysteriously disappears. Two years later, she finds her dead body and vows not to rest until she discovers the truth and the culprit.
Star+
The Handmaid’s Tale
This drama series tells the story of life in the dystopia of Gilead, a totalitarian society that was once part of the United States, ruled by a regime of twisted fundamentalism that treats women as property of the state. Offred (Elisabeth Moss) is one of the few remaining fertile women and is forced into sexual servitude in a last desperate attempt to repopulate the world.
HBO+
Good morning, Veronica
From Brazil, this series of crimes and mysteries starring Tainá Müller (Verônica Torres) follows a police officer who works at the São Paulo police station. After witnessing a terrifying event, she decides to investigate cases of battered women, and discovers a couple who keep a terrible secret. This plot of conspiracies has two seasons of eight and six episodes.
Netflix
Inconceivable
An eight-episode miniseries that premiered in 2019. Marie Adler (Kaitlyn Dever) is a teenager who was raped and complains to the authorities, after exposing an “unbelievable” story and being accused of being false, she decides to retract it, until two detectives Grace Rasmussen (Toni Collette) and Karen Duvall (Merritt Wever) are determined to follow leads and reveal the truth of this shocking case.
Netflix
