Artists Statement
VIDEO SELECTION BANFF CENTRE FOR THE ARTS
For 40 years Paulina has worked as a maid in wealthy homes in Mexico City. In the 1950s, when she was a child in rural Veracruz, her parents traded her away for land rights. The villagers ostracized her and the town boss raped her. At 15, she took con¬trol of her destiny, escaped to Mexico City and began a new life. This film follows Pauline as she returns to her village to confront her past. The work is a co-production by Jennifer Maytorena Taylor & Vicki Funari
98′, USA, 1997
- Jennifer Maytorena Taylor & Vicki Funari, San Francisco), USA