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05042agm a2200469Ia 4500 001 F50D763AE9BC11EAA33BF2242FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20200829010028 007 vd cvaizq 008 041007s2002 cau057 vleng d 035 $a (OCoLC)56656685 040 $a CSU $c CSU $d OCLCQ $d IX2 $d SILO 043 $a n-us-ia $a n-us-ia 050 4 $a F1466.5 $b .D57 2002 245 00 $a Discovering Dominga $h [DVD] / $c Jaguar House Films ; produced in association with the Independent Television Service and KQED-TV ; produced and directed by Patricia Flynn ; co-producer, Mary Jo McConahay. 260 $a Berkeley, CA : $b Berkeley Media : $c c2002. 300 $a 1 videodisc (57 min.) : $b sd., col. ; $c 4 3/4 in. 508 $a Director of photography, Vicente Franco ; editor, Jennifer Chinlund ; music, Todd Boekelheide. Produced by Patricia Flynn, and Mary Jo McConahay. 520 $a Denese Becker, born Dominga Sic Ruiz, is a survivor of the 1982 Rio Negro massacre in Guatemala. Nine years old at the time of the massacre, during which both of her parents were killed, Denese was adopted by an American family and raised in Iowa. As an adult she begins to confront her memories and nightmares, returning to Guatemala almost twenty years after the massacre and ultimately becoming an advocate for the victims and survivors at great personal cost. (0088 Berkeley Media) 520 0 $a Publisher description for "Discovering Dominga" / Produced by Patricia Flynn, and Mary Jo McConahay --- This unforgettably dramatic and powerful documentary relates the extraordinary story of a young Iowa housewife who discovers she is a survivor of one of the most horrific massacres in Guatemalan history, committed in 1982 against Maya Indian villagers who resisted a dam project funded by the World Bank. The film follows her remarkable journey of transformation and discovery as she returns to Guatemala in search of her heritage and ultimately joins efforts to bring the perpetrators of the massacre to justice and to promote peace and reconciliation in her native country. Dominga Sic Ruiz was nine years old when, during the bloody Guatemalan civil war, she escaped while paramilitary and army forces murdered her mother and 76 other women and 107 children in the Maya village of Rio Negro. She was eventually adopted and grew up in small-town America, where she became a "normal" teenager named Denese and later married. She buried her past so deeply it became transformed in adulthood into doubts and nightmares, until events brought her to face the truth. Beautifully photographed in Iowa and amid the stunning landscapes of the Guatemalan highlands, the film follows her emotional reconnection with lost relatives, with a rich indigenous culture, and with the violent history in which her beloved adopted country -- the United States -- played a sinister role. Dominga joins the Maya community in the dangerous effort to demand the exhumation of a clandestine mass grave, and later provides testimony in a landmark genocide case, thus becoming part of a global grassroots struggle for justice and human rights. "Discovering Dominga" is a compelling and inspiring story that will engage student interest and provoke reflection and discussion in a wide variety of courses in Latin American studies, cultural anthropology, Third World studies, human rights, women's studies, American history and studies, and sociology. It was produced and directed by Patricia Flynn and co-produced by Mary Jo McConahay for the Independent Television Service (ITVS) in association with KQED with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. 538 $a DVD. 546 $a In English; some scenes in Spanish with English subtitles. 586 $a * Latin American Studies Assn. Award of Merit -- * Society for Visual Anthropology Award of Commendation -- * "Best Documentary," Los Angeles Latino Intl. Film Festival -- * American Anthropological Assn. honoree -- * Bermuda Intl. Film Festival Jury Prize for Best Documentary Film -- * CINE Golden Eagle Masters Award -- * National PBS broadcasts on P.O.V -- * Chicago Latino Film Festival honoree -- * Taos Talking Pictures Festival honoree 600 10 $a Becker, Denese. 650 0 $a DVD. 650 0 $a DVDs. 650 0 $a Adoptees $z Algona. $z Algona. 651 0 $a Guatemala $x History $y Civil War, 1960-1996 $v Personal narratives. 651 0 $a Guatemala $x Atrocities. $y Civil War, 1960-1996 $x Atrocities. 655 7 $a Documentary films. $2 lcsh 700 1 $a Flynn, Patricia. 700 1 $a McConahay, Mary Jo. 710 2 $a Berkeley Media. 710 2 $a University of California (System). $b Extension Center for Media and Independent Learning. 710 2 $a Jaguar House Films. 710 2 $a Independent Television Service. 710 2 $a KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.) 941 $a 1 945 $a dvv 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20200829010621.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F50D763AE9BC11EAA33BF2242FECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IX2Initiate Another SILO Locator Search