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The documentary feature film addresses the life and struggle of Nora Norita Cuttingmember of Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Founding line of Argentina, who, after the disappearance of his son Gustavo Cortiñas, during the last “civic-military-eclesiastic” dictatorship, became a symbol of resistance, human rights and social justice transforming pain into an engine for action and change.
Been: White scarves and a night round in the Plaza de Mayo to say goodbye to Nora Cortiñas
Before being a feminist leader, Nora Cortiñas was a traditional housewife. She was catapulted to her country’s political life when the military dictatorship from 1976 to 1982 kidnapped her son Gustavo and thousands of other young activists. In May 2024, he died at age 94.
Rejected by the Government, the Church and the media, Nora goes out to the street in 1977 with other mothers of “missing” and together they create the resistance movement of Plaza de Mayo and fight a formidable struggle for justice against the violent authoritarian regime.
Despite imprisonment and executions, Nora and Mothers survive the dictatorship and emerge as a triumphant symbol of human rights, rebellion and protest.
“The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo began using a white handkerchief in 1977 when they congregated with thousands of pilgrims in front of the Luján Cathedral. They went to make visible the cause of their sons, disappeared daughters and relatives and to seek the help of the church (which did not happen, since much of the hierarchy of the Catholic Church in Argentina was complicit in the dictatorship),” they detail from the historical memory table.
They also mention that to recognize themselves, mothers used the cloth diapers of their small grandchildren and granddaughters. Subsequently they sewed the names of their missing relatives in those scarves. Today the white handkerchief – and its variants in other colors – is a symbol of resistance and collective action worldwide, particularly among women.
“They completed their number 2000 in 2006 and continue to walk around the Plaza de Mayo in front of the Casa Rosada in Buenos Aires in search of their missing relatives,” they emphasize.
Find out: Nora Cortiñas died, emblem of Mothers of Plaza de Mayo in Argentina, at 94 years
The activity is known as the “Thursday Round”, a ritual that began in April 1977 in the context of a strict military order that prohibited the meeting of people in public spaces.
“It marked the beginning of one of the most notable resistance movements in the world. The practice of occupying important public and political spaces has been adopted by women and other resistance movements worldwide, especially the Cumartesianneleri (Mothers of Saturday) of Turkey and theirs Jipoe (Wednesday demonstration) in South Korea,” they explain.
Meanwhile, they emphasize that Norita has been a symbol of the Movement of Women and Human Rights since the 1980s. “His voice and militancy, a fundamental piece in the struggle and accompaniment for the memory, justice and repair of the victims of the bloodthirsty Plan Condor in the countries of the Southern Cone.”
Norita visited Paraguay several times to support several initiatives in defense of Human R :h. leaves an indelible legacy: testimony of the strength of love and hope against oppression and injustices, ”they highlight.
The Historical Memory table is integrated by: CIPAE, Codelucha, Codehupy, Celestina Pérez de Almada Foundation, Museum of Memories: Dictatorship and Human Rights, Serpaj-py and the Paraguayan Journalists’ Union (SPPP).
Access to the premiere of the documentary is free and in order of arrival and is part of the activities of the week of the and the journalist.
