Blog post 2

University of North Carolina professor makes life changing documentary.

In the 1970’s when the Argentinean military started kidnapping little kids and murdering their parents, a group of women decided they needed to stand up for what is right.

            Las Abuelas de Playa de Mayo is a group of ordinary women that are on an extraordinary mission. These ladies were grandmothers of some of the children that had been kidnapped in the 70’s, and their mission was to find the “lost” children.

           

            Charlie Tuggle, a professor at the University of North Carolina produced a documentary about what the grandmothers were attempting to accomplish.

            “To have the knowledge and to pursue human rights is something everyone should be involved in,” Tuggle said.

           

            Many of the lost children were found, but not all of them were happy about their new discovery. Some of them didn’t want to know if who they thought had been their parents, really weren’t. In some cases the newfound grandchildren didn’t want to talk for the documentary, Tuggle said. They were also reluctant to be video taped in the family setting.

            The Grandmothers have been recognized for their work in finding the “lost” children. They have been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize and Charlie Tuggle believes they will win one in the near future.

            “Right to identity is a basic human right,” Tuggle said.