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De Paula Cury et Paula Cury Melo

Scarlet Girls

Niñas Escarlata
IMPACT DAYS

« Scarlet Girls » recueille des témoignages de femmes marquées par des avortements clandestins. Wanda, 27 ans, a subi des abus après avoir été abandonnée par ses parents. Carla, 21 ans, décrit la douleur insoutenable d’un curetage après un avortement à domicile raté. Amelia, 23 ans, a changé d’avis sur l’avortement après une expérience traumatisante. Leti, 76 ans, se souvient de son avortement qu’elle a subi adolescente. Rosa, 54 ans, a perdu sa fille lorsqu’on refusa d’interrompre sa grossesse quand bien même cette dernière était atteinte de leucémie. Ces récits, de femmes de divers âges et horizons, nous plongent dans un voyage sensoriel où des actes anodins cachent des significations profondes. Comment pouvons-nous, en tant que société, aborder ces sujets que l’on préfère taire ?

Section : Impact Days
Pays : République dominicaine
Langue originale : espagnol
Réalisation
Paula Cury
Paula Cury Melo (République dominicaine)
Production
Samuel Didonato
Natalia Imaz
Samuel Didonato (République dominicaine)
Natalia Imaz (Allemagne)
Paula Cury Melo (République dominicaine)
Cristal Cine
parabellum film
Natalia Imaz (Allemagne)
Durée
80'’
Statut de production
Post-production
Finalisé en
2025
Impact Statement
Scarlet Girls is a film about young girls and women across the Dominican Republic. By telling their stories, too long silenced due to social stigma, we want to create a culture shift to recognize the moral obligation to make abortion safe and accessible.
In the Dominican Republic, abortion is illegal - without exception. Scarlet Girls' mission is to empower girls and women whose voices have been silenced due to social stigma and to reflect on the challenges surrounding reproductive justice.
Impact Goals
  1. Change minds/behaviour. Destigmatize the conversation around abortion. About 20% of women who responded to our open call claimed they have never shared their abortion experience.
  2. Strengthen communities. Create communities of support and sorority bonds between women, in countries with laws similar to DR and abroad. There is no need for us to go through these experiences alone. We can support each other, even when the state does not protect us. If they don't, we will.
  3. Change structures. Have an impact on the discussion about abortion legislation in the DR. We are one of only five countries where this total ban on abortion remains. Having it legalised for at least three causes would be another victory for women around the world and in Latin America.
  4. Raise awareness about the emotional, social and financial consequences of illegal abortion and forced motherhood. Empathy has the power to make us step into other's shoes and understand their living situations. Empathy is a driving force that can contribute to slow yet steady change.
Impact Strategy
  • Create safe spaces to discuss abortion experiences.
  • Connect with other documentary projects on abortion in different countries to form a network or connection.
  • Connections to international abortion networks.
  • To offer the documentary to feminist organisations that carry out advocacy and campaigns.
  • Presenting the documentary to legislators and decision makers in the DR.
  • Thematic evening: activations with other NGOs and allies to discuss abortion in Europe/Latin America/Internationally.
  • Activation to collect anonymous testimonies of women that can be turned into a sound or visual installation.
  • Invite women who have been openly public about their abortion to collaborate as spokespeople for the film/participate in Q&As.
Contact
Contact principal
Natalia Imaz (Allemagne): imaz@parabellumfilm.de
Participants présents aux Impacts Days
Paula Cury Melo (République dominicaine)
Samuel Didonato (République dominicaine)
Natalia Imaz (Allemagne)

Organisations
CIPAF – Investigation Centre for
Feminist Action
RD3Causales
Fos Feminista

Film funds and agencies
FONPROCINE
Ford Foundation

Organisations
CIPAF – Investigation Centre for
Feminist Action
RD3Causales
Fos Feminista

Film funds and agencies
FONPROCINE
Ford Foundation