March 6, 1986
The Pendulum
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Features
gentine filmmaker^ the horror of ‘the disappeared'
Hayes
■writer
|y would hold a gun to my
tell me they were going
i. They tortured my hus-
ithelectric shocks.”
did Alicia Partnoy
her years as a political
in a concentration camp
rentina. She has co-
a documentary about -»
Teared” political prisoners
\LasMadres: The Mothers
de Mayo , which was
in Whitley Auditorium
|nday. (The film’s other
Susan Blaustein
was scheduled to appear
unable to because of
|ioy, who now resides m
glon, D.C., had her
and poems smuggled out
n and published in human
loumals. She has testified
human-rights abuses in
na before the United Na-
and other international
ations.
film depicts the story ot
isappear^”—some 30,000
romen, and children who
pprehended by the Argen-
[ew ARA program
Hows for nutrition
“The target of the government
seems to be people 17 to 30 who
are idealistic and don’t measure
the risk (of being against the
government),” Partnoy said.
The film also shows the efforts
of The Mothers of the Plaza de
Mayo, a group of women whose
children have been apprehended.
They march every Thursday at
the Plaza de Mayo wearing
photos of their children deman
ding to know what has become of
them. They want trials for their
children who have been accused
of crimes and release for those
who have not been charged.
Since 1977, the movement has
grown to include thousands and
is the basis for an international
movement demanding the release
of political prisoners.
Individual mothers told their
stories in the film. These mothers
told of how their children tried to
bring about social change and
Photo by Pat Johnson
Alicia Partnoy
tine military junta, never to be
heard from again. The military
rulers considered the prisoners to
be subversives; they tortured or
murdered many of their victims.
help the underprivileged in
Argentina. Former government
officials, such as ex-Buenos Aires
Chief of Police General Camps
(now imprisoned), have claimed
that the Mothers and children are
Marxist subversives.
Partnoy was 21 when she was
apprehended. During three years
she was held captive, she was
blindfolded, beaten and could not
speak to others. Her captors sub
jected her to mock executions.
‘"Little things in life, and the
feeling that we were right in op
posing the government, kept us
going,” she said.
In the'late 1970s President Jim
my Carter’s human rights policy
put pressure on the Argentine
government, and some people
were allowed to come to the
United States. “U.S. policy did
make a big difference in what
happened to me and others. The
people in the U.S. have a right to
Mike Edwards
ff Writer
ing Monday, both McEwen and Harper Center cafeterias will
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s aware of what foods are good for them,” Butler said.
'lutritional Awareness Program is offered in conjunction with
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in the cafeterias at the beginning of each serving line will
■ describing the amount of carbohydrates, fats, calories Md
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students want to eat. This program simply shows students
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influence international policy.
You have the power to help us,”
she said.
Partnoy’s testimony was
quoted in the final report of the
Argentine Commission for the In-
estigation of Disappearance and
helped to bring about the recent
convictions of four junta generals
in Buenos Aires.
“I owe my life to the fight of
these Mothers,” said Partnoy.
Her film about them was
nominated for an Oscar for Best
Documentary of 1985. It was
sponsored by the Elon College
chaplain’s office and religion
department.
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