Hot Docs 2008

In 2005 Lydia Cacho, a human-rights journalist in Mexico, is arrested by police after she exposes a powerful paedophile ring in her book, Demons of Eden. Cacho gives voice to the young victims of Cancun's underworld, delivering a stinging indictment of businessmen Jean Succar Kuri and Kamel Nacif Borge, as well as the politicians who worked with them on the cover-up. The documentary, made over an 18-month period, follows Cacho as she fights the people who are attempting to silence her. Not only does the documentary reveal the rampant violence against women and children in Mexico, it also exposes the dangers that journalists face there. Horrifying and powerful, the doc is a tribute to one woman's vision and drive to make a difference, even at the expense of her own safety.