More than one hundred sixty venues in
twenty-six countries—fourteen in the USA—will screen and discuss the
award-winning documentary Watching Them
Die: The Mexican Army and the 43 Disappeared (Mirar Morir) produced by Ojos
de Perro Vs La Impunidad and directed by Coizta
Grecko, an independent filmmaker and
journalist. This worldwide Global Action in support of the parents’
heroic struggle for truth and justice on behalf of their missing children will
serve to call attention to the forced disappearances still happening today in
Mexico.
On Sunday September 25th will be the first of
several screenings scheduled in California. The event, held at the First
Unitarian Church of Los Angeles at 1:00
pm, will feature a free showing of the award-winning film followed by a
panel discussion with the film’s director Coitza Grecko, artist Sergio Arau, Professor
Miguel Tinker Salas, and moderated by KPFK Radio host Rubén Tapia.
This Monday September 26th will
mark the two-year anniversary of the disappearance of the 43 student teachers
in my hometown of Iguala, Guerrero. For the families of the students—and for
those of us who have joined in their struggle—it has been two years of fighting
for justice and searching for the truth. Two years after the students
disappeared no one has been brought to justice, no questions have been
answered, nothing much has changed. The government of Enrique Peña Nieto
continues to sabotage investigations performed by independent experts from the
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, who have been making efforts to
uncover the truth and disproof the government’s “official” story.
The
families of the 43 have been given promises by the Mexican government that it
will open new lines of investigation on the case but no progress will be made
unless we continue to speak up, demand justice, and put pressure on the
government to do the right thing.
I
urge you to support the families of the 43 Ayotzinapa students and stand in
solidarity.
Watching
them Die: The Mexican Army and the 43 Disappeared (Mirar Morir) will be screened in several venues in the
USA, including American River College (Sacramento) Hudson County Community
College (NJ), Northwest Vista College (San Antonio), East Los Angeles College, Cal
State University, Northridge, and The Frida Cinema (Santa Ana) among others. To
find a venue near you that will be screening Mirar Morir, please visit the film’s Facebook page. If you would
like to screen the film in your community you can contact the producers at mirarmoriroficial@gmail.com or you can email me at reynagrande@gmail.com.
If you would like to make a contribution, you can send a donation
via paypal to: perrodinero43@gmail.com where 50% will go to the production company
Ojos de Perro Vs la Impunidad A.C. and 50% to the families of the 43.
Hasta no encontrarlos!
