[2267] in peace2
Documentary "Missing Young Women" with Director, Tues 6pm
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aimee L Smith)
Mon Feb 24 00:50:42 2003
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Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 00:50:17 -0500
From: Aimee L Smith <alsmith@MIT.EDU>
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The Mexican Students Association* invites you to:
"Señorita Extraviada----Missing Young Woman"-----Documentary (70 min)
Followed by Q&A Session with the director, Lourdes Portillo
When: February 25th, 6:00 PM
Where: 4-370
What: "senorita extraviada, missing young woman" tells the haunting
story of the over 200 kidnapped, raped and murdered young women of juárez,
mexico. visually poetic, yet unflinching in its gaze, this compelling
investigation unravels the layers of complicity that has allowed the
brutal murders of women living along the mexico-us border. dubbed the
"city of the future" by pro-nafta advocates, ciudad juarez has served
as an economic and urban model for developing nations throughout latin
Americans. yet in the midst of the city's international mystique and high
profile job market, there exists a murky history of grossly underreported
human rights abuses and violence against women..... ""
http://www.wmm.com/Catalog/pages/c579.htm
Why: To become aware of one of the worst Women's Right's issues in this
Hemisphere.......
recent and tragic new developments will be discussed by
Lourdes......
PRIZES: sundance film festival - special jury prize
human rights watch international film festival - nestor almendros prize
cinequest - audience award for best documentary
festival international de films de femmes in creteil - audience award
malaga film festival - grand prize best documentary
* Sponsored by Large Events Funding and the Program on Women's Studies
** Supported by Social Justice Cooperative, MIT-Greens, SOS, Amnesty
Internationsl,
HUMA, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies...
Questions? Contact:
Raymundo Arroyave <raymundo@MIT.EDU>
