[2270] in peace2
Re: Documentary "Missing Young Women" with Director, Tues 6pm
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (raymundo arroyave)
Mon Feb 24 10:42:09 2003
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Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 10:43:18 -0500
To: Aimee L Smith <alsmith@mit.edu>, peace-announce@mit.edu,
sos-members@mit.edu, peace-women@mit.edu
From: raymundo arroyave <raymundo@MIT.EDU>
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The following link is relevant to the film screening:
http://www.nmsu.edu/~frontera/hmrt.html
At 12:50 AM 2/24/2003 -0500, Aimee L Smith wrote:
>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>
Raymundo Arroyave
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