Freeing Juanita

Juanita has been unjustly detained in Reynosa, Mexico for over seven years, accused of a crime she didn't commit and forced to confess in a language she didn't understand. This intimate portrait follows Ana and Pedro, Juanita's aunt and uncle, on their thousand-mile journey from the highlands of Guatemala to Northern Mexico. With the help of a network of Maya interpreters and the family's Maya Chuj community, they fight for Juanita's release and demand justice from the Mexican authorities, a cause that became internationally recognized for its defense of migrants' rights and language justice.