MADRES DE LA REVOLUCIÓN is a bilingual two-act undertaking of the Salvadoran Civil War, inspired by the lives of revolutionary mothers. Representing their narrative is an imagined woman’s journey from new mother to revolutionary commander, and later, to resilient captive. Personal moments constitute the vantage point of the war, as Mélida relives her memories from the confines of prison—moments of romance and motherhood, of sharing laughter with friends, and deep conversations, her everyday life. Redefining the concept, days of imprisonment count by in stark parallel, stitching an ordeal humanized by tragic disparity. In both realities, Mélida confronts the pressures of war and experiences the subjection of her personal relations to the history in which she lives. As a story projecting imagined characters who are true to the spirit of the historical participants, “Madres” is a tribute to these revolutionary mothers and to all the untold revolutionaries who fought for freedom.