After a 2 year wait, Mighty Aphrodite Pictures’ Your Iron Lady will stream on Prime Video on September 22 in more than 220 countries.
A Golden Globe favorite, written and directed by Jorge Xolalpa, Your Iron Lady tells the story of Teresa, starring Victoria del Rosal, a single mother navigating her recent move to the United States to escape a 22-year abusive marriage in Mexico. With one adult child still in Mexico and three living with her, Teresa struggles to make a new life for her family in Los Angeles.
Xolalpa based this film on an autobiographical short story written by his mother, Teresa Ramirez Galan. Set in 1998, when Teresa immigrated to the U.S. and lived in Los Angeles, the narrative of the film centers around a specific portion of Teresa’s life as we see her in a turbulent living situation with her family and husband, ultimately being forced to find her own way of establishing a better life for herself and her children.
Your Iron Lady is a moving and emotional portrayal of Latino immigrants and their struggle to survive in a country that they don’t fully understand, but where they hope their children and their family can have a better future. “We are not on vacation here” tells Teresa to her daughter caught drinking. “We are here to survive.”
Stream Your Iron Lady Sept. 22 on prime video.