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‘Prayers for the Stolen’ Review: A Poetic, Profound Portrait of Growing Up a Girl in Cartel-Land
Jessica Kiang The unforgettable final shot of Tatiana Huezo’s last film, the songlike documentary “Tempestad,” is the silhouette of a figure swimming in blue water – an amputee, missing one of her legs from the knee down. Combining grace and trauma, the image is also striking because of its perspective: She’s floating but, seen from below, from down in the soundless depths just where the water starts to get murky, it looks like she’s flying.
