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Drama series follows 15-year-old LadyDi Martinez in Guerrero, Mexico, where she hides in a hole in the ground as the drugs cartels scourge the town, looking for girls to steal.

Prayers For The Stolen
by Jennifer Clement
dramatised by Jeff Young

Inspired by true stories, this atmospheric drama follows 15 year old Ladydi Martinez in the mountain village of Guerrero, Nr. Acapulco, Mexico, where being a girl is a dangerous thing and mothers disguise them as sons, hiding them in holes in the ground as the drugs cartels scourge the town, looking for girls to steal.

Produced and directed by Pauline Harris

More Info:- A timely drama series, as drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has recently escaped a Mexican prison for the second time,. Guzman is considered by US authorities to be "the most powerful drug trafficker in the world." He is also cited as the 14th wealthiest person in the world. This lyrical and atmospheric drama explores the effects of drug trafficking through the perspective of a teenage girl, LadyDi.

Why is LadyDi named so?

MIKE: Ladydi, Ladydi...Why did your mama name you after a dead princess?

LADYDI: Because she hated what that Prince Charles did to Diana. She watched it on TV. She loves any woman whose man has been unfaithful. It's a special sisterhood of pain and hate. Patron Saint of Betrayed Women.

15 minutes

Last on

Mon 7 Sep 2015 19:45

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Credits

Role Contributor
LadyDi Gabriela Montaraz
Rita Yolanda Vasquez
Maria Georgia Boe-Robertson
Paula Afrika Fuentes
Jose Joseph Balderrama
Drug Cartel man Joseph Balderrama
Director Pauline Harris
Producer Pauline Harris
Author Jennifer Clement
Adaptor Jeff Young

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  • Mon 7 Sep 2015 10:45
  • Mon 7 Sep 2015 19:45

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