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UWF Presenta "Las Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo" Cine y Debate
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UWF Presents “Las Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo” Film and Discussion PENSACOLA—The University of West Florida’s Office of Diversity and International Education and Programs and the Department of English and World Languages will present a documentary film, “Las Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo and the Search for Identity” on March 6 at 6 p.m. in the UWF Commons Auditorium. A question and answer session with the film’s producer, C.A. Tuggle, will immediately follow the screening. This event is free and open to the public. UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication professor C.A. Tuggle has won an international Indie Award of Excellence for his film, which tells the story of Las Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, an Argentinian human rights organization of grandmothers committed to finding their lost grandchildren, who they believe were stolen by their country’s government some 30 years ago. At least 10,000 — and some estimate as many as 30,000 — dissidents of the military dictatorship were kidnapped, tortured and killed during Argentina's Dirty War from 1976-1983. Those kidnapped became known as Los Desaparecidos or “the disappeared.” Some of the women were pregnant or new mothers when captured, and infants ended up in homes of people sympathetic to the regime. The babies' names, birth dates and other identifiers were changed. “This isn't something that happened years ago and has no relevance now,” Tuggle said. “The grandmothers continue to find missing grandchildren. This is an on-going injustice, and it's ordinary women who are fighting the battle and serving as an example to all of us that we can make a difference.” Las Abuelas has located more than 100 missing grandchildren, many who had no knowledge of their true identities. For more information about the documentary, please contact Rachel Errington at rerrington@uwf.ed. |