El destierro de María Teresa

Where was it filmed?

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A.K.A: 
The Exile of María Teresa
Shooting: 
2018
Type: 
Feature-length documentary
Director: 
Melissa Silva Franco
Production Co.: 
Nephilim Producciones, PeMÓN Films
Country: 
Spain
Synopsis: 

This story examines how hundreds of women in El Salvador and four other countries end up getting imprisoned following an abortion. Maria Teresa managed to escape this nightmare; after nearly a decade of social and legal persecution, she fled to Sweden to become the first woman ever to get international protection for this reason.