Director / Writer Dana Ziyasheva Talks About 'Defenders of Life'
Director Dana Ziyasheva made her directorial debut, 'Defenders of Life' which focuses on the Ngäbe community, and the hardships Ngäbe girls faced in Costa Rica.

An essay on exile and memory, a documentary that tells my story from the present, attempting to answer questions and reconstruct my forgotten past during my parents' exile during the dictatorship in Chile. It is a documentary about family memory and the consequences that exile has had or continues to have on my family in Valle IV Region, Chile.
Director Dana Ziyasheva made her directorial debut, 'Defenders of Life' which focuses on the Ngäbe community, and the hardships Ngäbe girls faced in Costa Rica.
The film exhibits a respect for the craft and an empathy for human tribulations that have historically been ignored.
In all actuality, “Just Mercy” should be labeled a “wall punching narrative.” Constantly, the flick throws high forms of adversity our way, amping up our most inner levels of discomfort. Filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton wonderfully paces the film in such a way that replicates the slow-burn nature of justice.
I love The Last Jedi. I don’t think there has been a Star Wars movie in quite some time that brought something new, something fresh to the table.
For those tranquil houses with white fences, what is happening behind every closed door?