Woodpeckers

2017 • 107 minutes

About this movie

Nominated for Sundance Grand Jury Prize World Cinema, WOODPECKERS follows inmate Julián who finds love and a reason for living in the last place imaginable: the Dominican Republic's Najayo Prison. His romance with prisoner Yanelly must develop from behind the bars of the men's prison as he uses "woodpecking" (sign language) to talk to the female inmates without the knowledge of the guards and keeping his secret from his cellmates.