Professor Charlie Tuggle, of the University of North Carolina, has created a documentary titled Las Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, viewed in Gaylord Hall on the OU campus this past week by students. In the documentary, Tuggle sheds light on a group of grandmothers in Argentina who are searching for their grandchildren, after the Dirty War left many children orphans in the late 1970's.
There were thousands of people were murdered during the Dirty War during the 70's and the children whos parents were killed, became orphans and were adopted by other parents. Some of the "adoptive" parents were even involved in the killing of the children's original parents. Tuggle highlighted some of the reunions of these grandchildren to their original grandparents, and the stand that these grandmothers were taking to find their grandchildren.
Tuggle interviewed many people, about their reunions with their grandchildren and the realization they went through when they found out that their past was not what it seemed. Some of the people did not want to be on camera, because they were afraid of what officials may think if they saw them in the film. Tuggle spent 10 weeks in Argentina with his crew, with a budget of around $15,000.
Tuggle, describes how some of the grandmothers who had been searching for years to find their grandchildren, and some of them never lived to see their reunions.
"They stood up for what's right, and some of them died because of it" Tuggle explained in his post-movie Skype interview.
Tuggle hopes that this documentary will shed light and scratch the surface of what Las Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo are doing, and the lives that they are changing. Las Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo have been nominated several times for the Nobel Peace Prize and according to Tuggle, "should win one in the next 2 or 3 years."
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