Maya Goded
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Photographer turned Filmmaker Maya Goded Talks Sundance Doc Plaza de la Soledad
An accomplished photographer hailing from Mexico, Maya Goded has had her work shown in solo exhibits in the U.S., Spain, Peru, South Africa and elsewhere. She makes her debut as a filmmaker with Plaza de la Soledad, an intimate documentary on a group of sex workers in the La Merced neighborhood of Mexico City. As she told Filmmaker, Goded has been meeting with and photographing these women for more than 20 years. Below, she speaks about how she cultivated such a strong sense of intimacy with her documentary subjects. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being the cinematographer of your film? What were the […]
by Soheil Rezayazdi on Jan 31, 2016 -
“I Came Back Many Times Without My Camera”: Director Maya Goded | Plaza de la Soledad
In every film, there is the story that you knew you were telling, the story the audience perceives. But there is always some other story, a secret story. It might be the result of your hidden motivations for making the film, or, instead, the result of themes that only became clear to you after you made the movie. It might be something very personal, or it might be a story you didn’t even know you were telling. What is your film’s secret story? The first time I came to La Merced, where I filmed Plaza de la Soledad, I was […]
by Soheil Rezayazdi on Jan 24, 2016
