Brendan Boyle

TIFF 2022 | Daughter of Rage (Laura Baumeister, Nicaragua) — Discovery

By Brendan Boyle The opening passage of Daughter of Rage outlines the world of young heroine María (Ara Alejandra Medal), depicting the scavenger economy centered around a Nicaraguan landfill. Director Laura Baumeister introduces the children who pick through the waste in a surreal image that shows them rising out of the trash dunes, set to…
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