Ginger Thompson’s Pulitzer Price-winner is known for the popular 2011 massacre in Allende, a town located on the Mexican border. It was the U.S. government that caused this catastrophic event, which was intimate to experience and vast. The forthcoming mini-series revolves around the same event that would showcase how people’s lives changed when a DEA operation went wrong.
The series will narrate two core objectives: to show the people about the culture of certain groups of people and provide a sense of co-existence among them.
Somos: Mini-Series Details
James Schamus, the former CEO of Focus Features, already bagged a groundbreaking win in the past with Brokeback Mountain. Somos is the debut venture of Schamus and marks his first-ever outing as a creator of a mini-series. The series is set to premiere on June 30, 2021.
The series will feature six episodes which will be based on the work of Ginger Thompson’s ProPublica Report.
Somos: Plot
The events in Somos are based on real-life incidents that changed people’s lives in a town forever. The fictional premise of the series would feature fictional characters that would lead towards the massacre.
The series’s creators intended to give a voice to the silenced victims whose lives altered for the worse due to the tragedy.
Somos: Trailer
The viewers will find a trailer to showcase a montage of scenes and characters that lead towards the unspeakable vent. It will also show how Los Zetas, a notorious drug cartel, simply torched and murdered hundreds of innocent people who were/weren’t snitch.
Somos: A woman-centric project
Somos hired several women to curate several aspects of the series. Maynné Cortés, featured in research assistant and screenplay, the exec producers and co-writer are Monika Revilla and Fernanda Melchor (Novelist). Also, the co-director of the series is Mariaana Chenillo, where Sandra Solares helms the role of executive producers.