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¡Las Sandinistas!

¡Las Sandinistas! uncovers the extraordinary, untold story of a group of Nicaraguan women who rose out of inequality to lead rebel Sandinista troops in battle against the brutal Somoza dictatorship.

Series

Doc World

Premiere Date

March 10, 2019

Length

60 minutes

Funding Type

Co-Production

Awards & Recognition

Winner

2018 South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW) - Special Jury Recognition

Jenny Murray

Director

Jenny Murray is a graduate of Columbia University in New York where she studied Film, Latin American History, and Photography. After working as a licensed Associate Trader on Watermill Trading's stock trading desk, she directed three short films, and multiple social satire comedy videos, which have been featured by television critic Emily Nussbaum of The New Yorker. Her most recent short film was selected to screen at Anthology Film Archives in New York City as part of New Filmmakers New York Winterfest. She spent two years splitting between Nicaragua and Los Angeles researching and shooting her first feature documentary, ¡Las Sandinistas!