Latin American Female Directors

Ten notable female directors from Latin America:

1. MARGOT BENACERRAF (VENEZUELA)

Venezuelan director Margot Benacerraf may have only made two films, the 1950s documentaries Reverón and Araya, but her efforts in supporting great Latin American cinema over the past 45 years has made her a national treasure in Venezuela, and in 1990, Araya, depicting the day to day lives of salt miners on a Venezuelan peninsula, had...