Two productions in Brava's groundbreaking performance series, Summer of Xicanas: Theater, Film, y Encuentros, take as their political subject Argentina's military dictatorship of the 1970s and its progeny, the Dirty War, and include Observando al Observador, Malena Juantaney's film chronicling the 1970s imprisonment of the San Francisco icon Olga Talamante, and Marisela Orta's new play, Ghost Limb. The articles below offer insight into the devastation and ongoing repercussions of that time, covering Obama's controversial 2016 visit to Argentina at the anniversary of the conflict, and the subsequent declassification of long hidden documents on America's role in the war and the disappearance of thousands of Argentinian citizens.
- New York Times
Obama was called upon by human rights activists in Argentina and around the world to cancel the trip – The Guardian, March 4, 2016
But Obama eventually made the trip as activists seized the opportunity for dialogue and action – The New Yorker
Subsequently, on March 27, 2017, 931 new documents on the atrocities committed by Argentina's military government during the 1970s were declassified by Obama – Infodocket.com, 04/28/17
Now you can read them, and learn firsthand what went on and what governments are capable of – NSAEBB