She keeps her vulnerability private, because under the vicious scrutiny of forces that want to discredit her - be it cartel bosses, corrupt politicians, or both - there’s too much at stake to portray weakness. ‘Silencio radio.’ Courtesy of Ambulante.Įven at that moment Aristegui appears pragmatic. It’s only when discussing how authorities used the Pegasus surveillance system to harass her son that we get to see a talking-head interview with the brilliant figure.

There’s no hint of arrogance, but a genuine interest in engaging with ideas and to preserve integrity even in the direst of circumstances. Shown in her day-to-day activities, in conversations with colleagues and encounters with everyday citizens that admire and trust her, Aristegui comes off as approachable but resolute and disciplined. Fanjul chronicles Aristegui’s legal efforts to obtain justice, and, more importantly, how she built her own online outlet, Aristegui Noticias, from the ground up to better serve the public. Having Aristegui on the airwaves was a major liability for the corrupt puppeteers pulling the strings. There was no doubt someone had called for her head, or more precisely, her tongue. She was dismissed immediately from MVS Radio, where her program held enviable ratings. But it wasn’t until she dropped a bombshell, “ Enrique Peña Nieto’s White House,” a report that revealed illicit dealings involving the now ex-president and a public transportation project, that her resilience was aggressively tested.Ĭensorship swiftly followed. In a country with no memory and ravaged by a culture of corruption, her presence was invaluable.

She asked the tough questions and always had the necessary “smoking gun” to back up her claims. As the PRI, the party that had governed Mexico for most of the 20th century, returned to power in 2012, Aristegui’s radio program gained relevance for her incisive criticism of the party’s executive power. Under such violent climate, Silencio radio ( Radio Silence), a documentary by Juliana Fanjul and financed through Swiss production company AKKA Films and Mexico’s CactusDocs, follows respected Mexican journalist and anchorwoman Carmen Aristegui, famous for her incisive and fearless voice. Few seemingly democratic countries are as brutally dangerous as Mexico for those who practice the profession. Murdered with impunity for doing their job, Mexican journalists are among the thousands of innocent victims claimed by the country’s rampant organized crime, often aided by the very institutions tasked with persecuting it.

Radio silence movie