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As urgent as it is visually stunning, Vicenta explores the struggle for the right to legal and safe abortion. Through small clay figurines and live-action news clips, this documentary narrates the real human rights story of Vicenta, an illiterate working-class woman who discovers that her teenage daughter’s assault has resulted in a pregnancy. With few resources, Vicenta must now turn to the media to overcome a political and medical system that refused to help. As mass pro-choice and anti-abortion demonstrations ensue, three women join together in her fight to help Laura terminate the pregnancy. Narrated by Liliana Herrero.