Legerin is the Kurdish name that Alina adopted as she embraced a struggle summed up in three words: Woman, Life, and Freedom. This Thursday, March 19, will see the premiere of 'Legerin: In Search of Alina,' a documentary directed by María Laura Vásquez that reconstructs the life of Alina Sánchez, a woman born in Argentina who studied medicine in Cuba and ended up working as a community doctor in northern Syria. But beyond following the search for Legerin, the film touches on a broader theme: 'that of all the women, in different parts of the world, who take action to imagine and build a more just and collective life.' The film proposes 'a sensitive and moving approach to the story of a woman who decided to live according to her beliefs, even when that meant crossing borders, languages, and conflict-ridden territories.' While that region of the world continues to face violence and threats, the search for Legerin becomes a living memory, an open question, and a shared horizon,' the producers reflect. In addition to the premiere this Thursday, the film will have a screening next week, March 26 at 7 PM in the same venue. There will be live original music from the film by Agustín Ronconi and an opening of the photographic exhibition 'Threatened Utopia,' by Mauricio Centurión. The premiere takes place in a context where the city of Rojava is under siege, making the dialogue with the 'Woman, Life, Freedom' slogan, which emerged from the Kurdish people, particularly relevant and urgent. The premiere screening will be attended by Patricia Gregorini, Alina's mother. By ANRed. The documentary 'Legerin: In Search of Alina' premieres this Thursday at the Sala Norita, located at Moreno 2654. On March 17, 2018, she died in a traffic accident in the Syrian city of Haseke. 'On the 17th of this month, two days before the premiere, it will be eight years since Alina's tragic death; the film commemorates and celebrates her for eternity,' explain the producers. Alina Sánchez was born in 1986 in San Martín de los Andes and grew up in Villa Giardino, Córdoba. It will be accompanied by a talk by Leandro Albani, a journalist specializing in Kurdistan. 'The story resonates powerfully in the present. After graduating as a doctor in Cuba, she went to live in Kurdistan, in the northern region of Syria, where she worked as a doctor in community health.'
