Ghouls are talking about the fantastical Tigers Are Not Afraid. A journey through the eyes of children surviving the very real ghost towns of a Mexican town overrun by violence and corruption. There is a strength and power for resistance in youth imagination. Prepare to have your heart broken.
Sources in episode:
In Tigers Are Not Afraid, A Dark Fantasy Amid Mexico’s Drug War - NPR
Mexico: Murders Women Rise Sharply As Drug War Intensifies - The Guardian
Mexico’s Missing Girls Canal - The Guardian
How Mexican filmmaker Issa López defied expectations with ‘Tigers Are Not Afraid’ - LA Times
The Haunted Street Children of “Tigers Are Not Afraid” - The New Yorker
How you can help make a difference:
Info on Mexican Femicide - Washington Post
Mexican Feminist Group
ACLU - Border Crisis
Abolish ICE - AFSC
Campaign to Shut Down Berks - Pennsylvania ICE Center
Shut Down Berks Campaign - Free Migration Network
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