2020

S1.E1 ∙ Policarpa: Sin miedo a la muerte

Wed, Mar 18, 2020

In 1817 the then New Kingdom of Granada was fiercely reconquered by the Spanish army led by Pablo Morillo. Among the patriots a woman stood out for her immense courage. Policarpa Salavarrieta, an iconic heroine and fierce woman, was able to look death in the eye in situations where many men took a step back.

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S1.E2 ∙ Manuela: Más allá de Bolívar

Wed, Mar 18, 2020

In 1828 the definitive independence of New Granada, now the Republic of Colombia, had been consolidated, but political and military disputes existed within it. Manuela Saénz de Aispuro, a fierce woman from Quito, was one of the most important political figures of the Bolivarian era, so this role has been minimized.

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S1.E3 ∙ Ofelia Uribe: Una voz insurgente

Wed, Mar 18, 2020

In 1838, the Liberal Government in Colombia only timidly recognized the labor rights of women but repeatedly refused to grant the right to vote. In this context, the first feminist wave in the country was born and a woman rose as one of the pioneers of the media directed at women in a radical way. Ofelia Uribe de Acosta from the radio and the press became an insurgent voice.

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S1.E4 ∙ María Mercedes Carranza: Poemas desgarrados

Wed, Mar 18, 2020

In 1989 Colombia was going through one of its most violent moments in its recent history. Drug trafficking bombs rang out, bullets killed their most important leaders, and massacres roamed the most remote villages. In that disenchanted world, a woman dared to portray the country through the harshness of her lyrics, moving away from the lyric and marking the lack of love as a reality. Maria Mercedes Carranza, poet and constituent, was a direct woman in a torn reality.

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