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15 Minute Drama: Prayers for the Stolen

Gabriela Montaraz

Yolanda Vasquez

Georgia Boe-Robertson

Afrika Fuentes

Javier Marzan

Pauline Harris

Jennifer Clement

Jeff Young

15 Minute Drama: Prayers for the Stolen: Episode 3

Prayers for the Stolen

Episode 3

BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, Prayers for the Stolen, Episode 3

LadyDi's mother, drunk on beer and tequila, mistakenly shoots Maria.

LadyDi and Maria skip home from school, but when they go into LadyDi's house, her mother, drunk on beer and tequila, shoots Maria, mistaking her for one of the drugs cartel.

Prayers For The Stolen 3/5
by Jennifer Clement
dramatised by Jeff Young

Inspired by true stories, this atmospheric drama follows 15 year old Ladydi Martinez in the mountain village of Guerrero, Nr. Acapulco, Mexico, where being a girl is a dangerous thing and mothers disguise them as sons, hiding them in holes in the ground as the drugs cartels scourge the town, looking for girls to steal.
Ladydi and Maria skip home from school but when they go into Ladydi's house, her mother drunk on beer and tequila, shoots Maria, mistaking her for one of the drugs cartel.

Produced and directed by Pauline Harris

More Info:- A timely drama series, as drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has recently escaped a Mexican prison for the second time,. Guzman is considered by US authorities to be "the most powerful drug trafficker in the world." He is also cited as the 14th wealthiest person in the world. This lyrical and atmospheric drama explores the effects of drug trafficking through the perspective of a teenage girl, LadyDi.


The author, Jennifer Clement is American, was raised and lives in Mexico. She has been translated into 22 languages. She was awarded the NEA Fellowship for Literature for PRAYERS FOR THE STOLEN. Clement was president of PEN Mexico during a time when Mexico became one of the most dangerous places in the world to practice journalism.

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By Jennifer Clement. Drama set in Mexico that explores the effects of drug trafficking.

By Jennifer Clement. Atmospheric drama set in Mexico that explores the effects of drug trafficking through the eyes of 15-year-old LadyDi Martinez.

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