The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo
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The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo is a 1985 Argentine documentary film
directed by Susana Blaustein Muñoz
and Lourdes Portillo
about the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
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Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
directed by Susana Blaustein Muñoz
Susana Blaustein Muñoz
Susana Blaustein Muñoz is an Argentine film director. She directed four films since she started her career in 1980, and produced one of them, the documentary Las Madres de Plaza de Mayo , about the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo who looked for their disappeared children during the Dirty War...
and Lourdes Portillo
Lourdes Portillo
Lourdes Portillo is an American screenwriter and filmmaker. While the majority of her work is in the documentary film genre, she has also created video installations and written for the stage...
about the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
Academy Award for Documentary Feature
The Academy Award for Documentary Feature is among the most prestigious awards for documentary films.- Winners and nominees:Following the Academy's practice, films are listed below by the award year...
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