Summary of the Documentary

THE DEMONS OF EDEN - the documentary

The demons of eden is the story of Lydia Cacho, a courageous writer and feminist who is confronting powerful businessmen and politicians protecting a child pornography ring operating in Cancun and the United States.

Lydia narrates her confrontation with those powerful forces since she was kidnapped and incarcerated for a couple of days. She reveals her motivations and emotions, and the paradoxes that emerge when she investigates and publishes her book entitled The demons of eden.

The documentary has the testimonies of journalists, as Blanche Petrich, Jorge Zepeda, Alfredo Jalife Rhame, the group of lawyers Olea & Olea, the human rights activists Martin Barrios, Rodrigo Hernández, Gastón de la Luz and Julio Glockner and the voices and images of some of the “demons” as Succar Kuri, the senator Gamboa Patrón, the businessman Kamel Nacif and the Puebla´s governor Mario Marin among others.

Dirección / Direction: Alejandra Islas
Producción/Production: Jorge Prior
Fotografía/ Photography: Alejandro Quesnel
Edición y guión/ Edition ,script: Alejandra Islas
Música original/ Original music: Charlie Cuevas
Post audio /Audio Post: Humberto Cruz
Asistentes/ Assistants: Rotmi Enciso, Ina Riaskov

País/ Country: MEXICO
Año / Year: 2007
Duración / Lenght: 72 mins.
Formato / Format: Digital