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Abuelas: Grandmothers On A Mission

In 1985, the documentary film Las Madres: The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo profiled the Argentinean mothers’ movement to order officials to tell of the fate of their sons and daughters who “disappeared” during Argentina’s dirty war. Three decades later the grandmothers or Abuelas continue the mission to find their grandchildren who survived, were kidnapped, and illegally adopted by families within the regime. Argentine-Canadian filmmaker Noemi Weis tells the story and work of the Abuelas in her short documentary, Abuelas: Grandmothers on a Mission.

Production
Abuelas is Noemi Weis’ directorial debut. Weis developed this film as an educational tribute to the grandmothers who dedicated their lives to the search for a generation lost due to Argentina’s “dirty war.” Sandrine Crisostomo of Femcine describes the film as “an impressive testimony of dictatorships’ impact on families and on the strength of women’s hope through decades.” Abuelas: Grandmothers on a Mission is distributed throughout North America by Women Make Movies

Film Festivals and Awards
Abuelas was premiered at the Female Eye Film Festival in 2012 and has been shown at the Femcine Film Festival in Chile. It is the winner of the Jury Award from the International Competition at the International Festival of Cinema Politico in Buenos Aires and was nominated for Best Documentary in the Social Political Category by the Yorkton Film Festival in Canada.