People watch the film ‘Traslados’ directed by Argentine Nicolas Gil Lavedra in Buenos Aires on September 17, 2024. — AFP pic
‘Justice, truth and memory’
Traslados will be shown at the San Sebastian International Film Festival in Spain next Tuesday.
This comes as the sector reels from deep budget cuts inflicted by self-declared “anarcho capitalist” President Javier Milei.
A central theme of Traslados is the fate of Esther Ballestrino, Azucena Villaflor and Maria Ponce — the founders of the “Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo” group fighting for answers on the fate of the disappeared.
They were kidnapped along with French nuns Alice Domon and Leonie Duquet and seven other activists, and thrown from a plane on the night of December 14, 1977, according to a reconstruction of events.
The 12 were identified by a former marine, Alfredo Astiz, who had infiltrated the “Mothers of Plaza de Mayo” and is serving life imprisonment for his role in the deaths.
In July this year, a group of lawmakers from Milei’s party visited Astiz and others convicted of crimes against humanity in prison, an event that created an uproar in the country.
“This documentary shows that they are criminals serving a sentence for crimes against humanity,” said Lavedra.
The filmmaker, who had previously made a film about human rights activist Estela de Carlotto — president of the “Mothers” group — is the son of a judge who had presided over post-dictatorship trials.
People watch the film ‘Traslados’ directed by Argentine Nicolas Gil Lavedra in Buenos Aires on September 17, 2024. — AFP pic
For him, the after-effects of Argentina’s dark past can only be overcome “by having a collective memory. The whole society has to understand that the dictatorship was state terrorism and we all have to condemn it.
“The only way we have to heal that wound is with justice, truth and memory,” said Lavedra.
Argentina’s dictatorship was one of the most brutal of the slew of military regimes that sowed terror in Latin America from the 1960s through the 1980s.
Milei, however, has questioned the number of disappeared, raising the ire of many Argentines.
Leaving the screening of Traslados last week, Victor Fuks, 74, told AFP the film had touched him “in a very special way.”
He had fled to Spain in 1977 to escape the dictatorship, as “a lot of friends, colleagues… were disappearing.” — AFP
Source link : http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=66ed360879b640db8abc2a9c6b897331&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.malaymail.com%2Fnews%2Fshowbiz%2F2024%2F09%2F20%2Fdocumentary-traslados-uncovers-grim-truth-on-argentinas-death-flights-bringing-dictatorship-horrors-to-light%2F151058&c=9681663805186556348&mkt=en-us
Author :
Publish date : 2024-09-19 20:28:00
Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
