Jayro Bustamante's #Rita is based on the true story of Guatemala’s most harrowing tragedy — the orphanage fire of 2017, which took the lives of 41 girls — Rita shines a light on the brave orphans whose fight for survival inspired a nationwide outcry for justice and reform.
No stranger to films with sociopolitical resonance, Bustamante’s La Llorona examined the genocide against the indigenous Maya population amid the Guatemalan Civil War.