Films based on real events experienced by women in times of adversity

There are several on Netflix films based on real events that tell crucial moments that many women have experienced at some point in their lives surrounded by adversity situations, which despite having been difficult to face, have been able to move forward in the best way.

The most hated woman in America

The film “America’s Most Hated Woman” tells the story of Madalyn Murray O’Hair, a woman who rebelled against education in her country when she discovered that her son’s school taught under the influence of religion. Christian. secular education. The struggle to achieve this has not been easy and she has faced great threats and even close to death.

Tommy’s notebook

Between Argentine films inspired by real events and that they are on Netflix, there is “Tommy’s Notebook”. Her story tells the last years of María Vázquez, a young woman who, after discovering that she was already in the final stage of her cancer, decided to write a book for her young son so that he could get to know her through its pages and besides, she also knows how she saw him at that age before he died.

lost girls

The journalistic book, ‘Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery, by Robert Kolker’ is what inspires ‘Chicas Perdidas’, by Liz Garbus, which brings to the screen the case of several mothers of missing and killed daughters who have decided to fight ask for justice on their crimes, since each of the cases had been closed by the authorities who did not want to investigate the facts.

to the bone

Another of the movies inspired by real events that are on Netflix is ‘Hasta el Hueso’, by director Marti Noxon. It depicts the time in which, in fact, the filmmaker; She suffered from various eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and was able to recover thanks to the union of groups of people who lived in the same situation.

Hillbilly: a country elegy

Although “Hillbilly: A Rural Elegy” tells the story of attorney JD Vance, it is part of this top because this part of the legal defender’s life was marked by two women in his life: his mother and grandmother. Both were critical for him to make the decisions that led him to become the professional he ended up being.

Yara

Similar to the case of “Lost Girls”, “Yara” chronicles the disappearance and murder of Yara Gambiraso in an Italian town. Marco Tullio Giordana’s film tries to deepen the investigation into this crime that made a 13-year-old girl the victim of a murder.