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The videos follow the order below:
- Cautiva (Trailer) - Film about a 15-year old girl who finds out that her parents are not really her biological parents
- Children of the Disappeared on Vimeo - Photographs of the children of the disappeared are paired with poetry readings by Alicia Partnoy, a DW survivor.
- El Tiempo Suspendido (Trailer) - One woman's quest to move on from Argentina's Dirty War
- When Pope Francis' Junta Past: Argentine Journalist on New Pontiff's Ties to Abduction of Jesuit Priests; March 14, 2013
- "White Walls Say Nothing" Documentary - Official Trailer
BBC Travel: Arts and Architecture – Buenos Aires’ past, as told through street art
This sub-page captures Argentina’s heritage and everlasting imprint of the Dirty War as told through expressive murals and graffiti scattered across the capital city of Buenos Aires.
Hyperallergic: The Activism of Buenos Aires Street Art
This sub-page provides additional background information about the evolution of Argentine street art through a first-person perspective independent of the geopolitics of the era.
Marquette Wire: Louder Than Words: How Art Serves As A Form Of Activism
This blog post describes how Mary Ann Bonet, the manager of community engagement at the Haggerty Museum of Art, reacts to seeing an Argentine wartime mural for the first time, as well as analyzes the art’s widespread impact in the years following the Dirty War’s conclusion.
“Looking back would imply living in the past as if it were the present…and that’s something that I can’t wrap my head around. What’s done is done, the rest is up to you.”
Laura Bonaparte, El Tiempo Suspendido
“In response to the Dirty War, the environment of fear, and lack of free speech, street art became a public voice, and in the decades that followed, it has continued to be part of an activist culture of art.”
Allison Meier (2013)