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Tuesday, July 01, 2003
Discovering Dominga
The film "Discovering Dominga" documents the return to Guatemala of a survivor of the Rio Negro massacres. It follows a young Iowa mother's discovery that she is a survivor of one of the most horrific episodes in Guatemala's 36-years-long civil war.
Denese Becker (born Dominga Sic Ruiz) was a nine-year-old indigenous Maya girl living in a remote highland village in 1982 when soldiers and paramilitary patrollers killed her parents and more than 200 other villagers after they resisted relocation for a World Bank-sponsored dam. "Discovering Dominga" documents Becker's personal odyssey from the cornfields of her adoptive Iowa to the highlands of Guatemala on a journey of self-discovery and political awakening. As she uncovers the truth of her past and the atrocities committed against the Maya people, this shy young woman becomes an advocate for her people – ultimately serving as a witness in a landmark human rights case that for the first time in Guatemalan history seeks to prosecute the former military commanders responsible for the genocide.
The film, in English and Spanish with English subtitles, will be shown at the Resource Center for Activism & Arts, 1611 Connecticut Ave. NW, on Tuesday, July 1, from 7 to 9 p.m., with a discussion to follow. Admission is free and goodwill donations are accepted. For more information, contact Max Gimbel at 202/529-6599 or via e-mail.
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