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MAMÁ LULÚ

In a country where justice is blind, mothers become the seekers of truth.

 Photo: Jessica Villamil

MAMÁ LULÚ

The documentary

" A CHILD IS FOREVER, ALIVE OR DEAD"
-Lourdes Mejía-

Logline

In the heart of Mexico City emerges a powerful figure known as "Mamá Lulú".

Every day, she engages in conversations with her son, to whom she directs her promise: to uncover the truth and achieve justice. She refuses to let her son's murder go unpunished, lurking in the shadows.

 

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 Photo: Jessica Villamil

Why make this documentary ?

"Mamá Lulú" is a film that opens a window into the external and internal world of Lourdes Mejía, who, like dozens of mothers in Mexico, loves and resists through her activism.

Lourdes, together with other mothers from Ciudad Universitaria, organizes in small collectives, creating a network of women who exchange knowledge about their legal and political struggles, and where they also find solidarity and comfort.

Her fight and dignified rage can serve as an example and inspiration to others, as well as a call to action, so that together—despite the fear that demanding justice in such a violent country may cause us—we can build a better world, where MEMORY, TRUTH, AND JUSTICE are the fundamental pillars of our society.

Who is Mamá Lulú?

Lourdes Mejía is known within the student and social movement of Mexico City  as "Mama Lulú."

It was the young students and activists themselves who gave her this name, as they see in her a maternal figure who accompanies them day by day, encouraging them to resist. But above all, the name is an honor and recognition of her deep maternal love, as the mother of Carlos Sinuhé.

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illustration:Nuri R. Melgarejo.

Grants

IMCINE

Screenwriting Incentive, Storylines.      2025

Advisor: Carlos Lenin

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Our participation in audiovisual markets and international meetings

Plataforma Mx

2025
Mexico City,
Mexico

Regional workshop. Plataforma Mx by DOCS MX.

Conecta 

2024

Santiago de Chile,

Chile

Funds and markets  application workshop

led by Isabel Arrate (IDFA)

Ventana sur

Punto Género Pitch

2023

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Winning project - Distribution and exhibition advisory workshop award by Género DAC (Argentine Cinematographic Directors)

Photo: Nohely F. Barahona
Poster: Manuel E. Ojeda

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