Thursday, September 11, 2008
Discovering Dominga
When Denese Becker, an Iowa housewife who was adopted, looks into her birthplace in Guatemala, finds that she is the last survivor of her family after a massacre of Mayan peasants. Denese's journey home is both a voyage of self-discovery that permanently alters her relationship to her American family and a political awakening that sheds light on an act of genocide.
Poet Daniel Morales Leon opened the screening!
Daniel Morales Leon website: http://www.myspace.com/grass_hoppa
Special Guest Azalea Ryckman, radio producer of Mujeres Abriendo Caminos (Women Opening Paths), and activist on the issues affecting Guatemala and the Guatemalan community in LA!
How to get involved:
http://www.mujeresabriendocaminos.com/indexenglish.html
http://www.myspace.com/chapinasunidas