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Matilde Landeta

“We [women] should continue our fight for conquests that have pertained to us legitimately, not for our own satisfaction but for the obligation that we have with the generations of women who come after us: to bequeath them a path and a much more clear and much more ample horizon.”

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    MATILDE LANDETA Mexico, 1951

    Notable as one of the first woman filmmakers in Mexican cinema, Matilde Landeta crafted a strikingly nuanced portrayal of sex work that was truly ahead of its time. In a world financially dominated by men, there are no “good” or “bad girls,” only women whose bodies are commodified by the patriarchy.

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