Mary Kay, in partnership with The Nature Conservancy, government produced a documentary, Forest of Hope, which was screened on the seventeenth Dallas Worldwide Movie Competition. The movie shares the story of Angélica Torres, chief of Mujeres Unidas Para La Conservacion de Laguna de Sanchez, and feminine entrepreneurs who’re combatting environmental challenges within the space surrounding Monterrey, Mexico.
The movie was written, directed and produced by an all-women staff and provides viewers an inside have a look at a small mountain city surrounded by a pure reserve the place fires and clear-cutting have destroyed greater than 30% of the native forest.
“Forest of Hope was a beautiful alternative to collaborate with the superb lady on the heart of the documentary—Angélica Torres,” stated Cris Graves, Director, Forest of Hope. “In telling her story, we had been capable of contact on a number of essential points: the significance of household and neighborhood, defending and preserving the surroundings, and feminine empowerment. At 71 years younger, Angélica proves that you simply’re by no means too previous to make a distinction on this world.”
