The Three Deaths of Marisela Escobedo (2020)★ 8.5/10

It's a staggering story that's based on real events—one where a mother must take on an entire country just to get justice for her murdered daughter. She’s up against a broken legal system, an indifferent police force, and a society that routinely fails to protect women. All she wants is accountability. Instead, she’s silenced. Marisela should not have died. The nation that failed her is what’s truly culpable.

Marisela dies three times: first, when she searches through garbage for her daughter’s remains; second, when the court sets her daughter’s killer free; and finally, when she is gunned down while demanding justice outside a government building. This is the story of a mother’s relentless fight, and the documentary is as devastating as it is necessary.