The Girls

The Girls

2014 · 60 min · History, Documentary, Drama

Four lucid grandmothers tell their story forgotten by history: the militancy and resistance of the young women of the leftist youth against the dictatorship of Marcos Pérez Jiménez.

Directed by Gabriela González Fuentes · Written by Gabriela González Fuentes

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