The award-winning documentary Comparsa follows two teenage sisters who galvanize a youth movement in their neighborhood on the outskirts of Guatemala City, using art to transform their experience of gender-based violence and loss into compelling collective action.

The documentary is the product of over 17 years of collaboration between the filmmaking team and young artists from Ciudad Peronia, and has won 25 awards at international festivals, including the Audience Award at the Costa Rica and Lima film festivals. Beyond the screen, the film has reached thousands of young people, students, teachers, and Central American community members, from workshops in rural villages to urban neighborhoods on the periphery.

After the screening, protagonists Lesli and Lupe Canela and Marta Chicoj, from Peronia Adolescente, will converse with moderator Ana Joaquina Ruiz Guerra, from the Ford Foundation, about art as a vehicle for profound civic action.

Note: The documentary will be screened in Spanish with English subtitles. Watch the trailer here.