Strange Truth 2025: Añil [Indigo]

2023, 62min

Directed by Julio López Fernández

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

7pm

Bryn Mawr Film Institute

Conversation to follow with director Julio López Fernández and scholar Paula Cuellar Cuellar, moderated by Associate Professor and Chair of Spanish Aurelia Gómez Unamuno, Haverford College. 

Añil (Indigo) is a powerful film that sheds light on the untold stories of women who endured rape during the Salvadoran civil war at the hands of the security forces and the guerrilla forces. Through the voices of two survivors, this documentary captures their resilience and determination to break the silence surrounding these crimes. The film, a metaphorical journey of song, dance, and acting, confronts the state’s failure to acknowledge and investigate these atrocities even after more than 30 years. Since the perpetration of these crimes has been usually overlooked, underreported, or neglected during the transitional justice processes in Latin America, Añil has sparked vital conversations about women and warfare, historical narratives, the power of testimonies, and healing. 

Free to all members of the Tri-College Community. Show your Tri-Co ID at the ticket booth, or email jweissin@haverford.edu for the promo code to reserve your ticket. 

Blue Bus transportation provided on April 9 from Stokes Hall (Haverford) to the Bryn Mawr Film Institute (BMFI), departing Haverford at 6:30 p.m. and leaving BMFI at 9:30 p.m.

Strange 2025 is organized by Visual Studies and VCAM Director John Muse and Haverford College faculty Aurelia Gómez Unamuno, Lina Martínez Hernández, and Ryan Warwick. 

The series is made possible by the John B. Hurford ’60 Center for the Arts and Humanities; VCAM’s Media & Makers Series; the Haverford College Departments of Spanish and Classics; the Visual Studies Program at Haverford College; the Haverford College Office of the Provost’s Distinguished Visitors Program and Early Career Scholars (ECS) Fund; and Bryn Mawr Film Institute. 

Contact: hcah@haverford.edu

http://hav.to/strangetruth