NOTICIAS TELEMUNDO TO PRESENT ‘STATE OF SILENCE’ DOCUMENTARY FROM EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS DIEGO LUNA AND GAEL GARCÍA BERNAL
In a U.S. Broadcast Television Premiere, the Award-Winning Documentary Will Air on Telemundo on Saturday, May 31st at 8:55 p.m. ET
Noticias Telemundo Anchor Julio Vaqueiro to Lead Special Segments Including an In-Depth Interview with Diego Luna
MIAMI – May 29, 2025 – Noticias Telemundo presents “State of Silence,” a documentary directed by Santiago Maza and executive produced by Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal on Saturday, May 31st at 8:55 pm ET, marking the film’s premiere on a U.S. broadcast television network.
The highly acclaimed documentary explores press freedom in Mexico. It traces the harrowing stories of four Mexican journalists and the existential threats they face reporting on corruption and criminal wrongdoing in Mexico.
Telemundo’s airing of “State of Silence” will feature special segments including a sit-down interview with Diego Luna by Noticias Telemundo anchor Julio Vaqueiro, and a roundtable discussion led by Vaqueiro with Luna, Jesús Medina, one of the journalists featured in the film and Griselda Triana, a human rights advocate and the widow of murdered Mexican journalist Javier Valdez.
The film focuses on journalists Juan de Dios García, María de Jesús Peters, Marcos Vizcarra and Medina, who have become targets of repression in retaliation for their reporting. The documentary follows the reporters into perilous territories in Mexico, from the forests where illegal loggers operate to the militarized border in Tijuana and the badlands believed to belong to a head of the Sinaloa drug cartel.
According to the human rights organization Article 19, 172 journalists have been killed since 2000 in Mexico, making it one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists. Mexico also consistently ranks among the 10 countries with the highest number of journalist murders that remain unsolved, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
“State of Silence” premiered last year at the Tribeca International Film Festival (USA), the Sheffield Film Festival (UK), and the Guadalajara International Film Festival (Mexico), among others. It won Best Feature Film at the Santiago International Film Festival (Chile) and Best Documentary at the Red Sea Film Festival (Saudi Arabia).
The documentary was developed by La Corriente del Golfo, a production company focused on films, TV and podcasts founded by Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal.
About NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises:
NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises leads the media industry in the production and distribution of Spanish-language content for U.S. Hispanics and audiences around the world. The company serves U.S. Hispanics through its national broadcast network, the cable network Universo, and digital platforms including the Telemundo app, a suite of FAST channels, and streaming services, such as Peacock, among others. The Telemundo Network offers Spanish-language entertainment, news, and sports content reaching 95% of U.S. Hispanic TV households in 210 markets through 30 owned stations and 91 affiliate stations. Telemundo also owns an independent station serving Puerto Rico. Anchored on Telemundo Studios, the network is the #1 producer of scripted Spanish-language content in the U.S., and the only network to produce original content specifically for US Hispanic audiences. Offering over 600 hours of reality TV shows a year, and top-rated live specials such as the Billboard Latin Music Awards and Miss Universe, Telemundo is considered the undisputed Home of Live TV in Hispanic media. The network is also the exclusive Spanish-language home of the world’s two most popular sporting events, the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games. NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises is a division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.
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