De niña a madre (Girls to Mothers) Chapters 1 & 2

CHAPTER 1

An average of 400 children are born in Nicaragua every day, 100 of them to adolescent mothers.

This documentary narrates the lives of three such adolescents: 14-year-old Kenia, from a poor neighborhood in Managua; 15-year-old Blanca, who lives deep in the mountains; and Viviana, a 16-year-old Miskito indigenous girl from the North Atlantic region.

None of the three had planned to be a mother at such an early age. We sought them out and followed their lives for several months, learning about their families, their stories of love, their doubts, their hopes and the tough reality in which they went through their pregnancy and will have to raise their children

CHAPTER 2

Three adolescents
Three mothers
Three years of their lives ….

At the beginning of the story, Kenia, Blanca and Viviana were between 14 and 16 years old. They were pregnant and gave birth.

After the camera followed them through that stage, their lives went on. Now, we pick their stories back up from the beginning and continue accompanying to learn how they are.

How are they raising their children? Did their dreams come true? Did they get pregnant again? Do they have support from their partners, their families, society?

These aren’t love stories with a happy ending. They are stories to make you think. And act, since traditional ideas about women’s identity and the meaning of maternity bring us face to face with increasingly urgent questions.