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The Immigrant Rights and International Solidarity Committee of the SF Democratic Socialists of America is presenting a screening and exclusive Q and A session with the film’s director of the award-winning documentary: ¡Las Sandinistas!.
This film shares the untold stories of women who shattered barriers to lead combat and social reform during Nicaragua’s 1979 Sandinista Revolution, and the ensuing US-backed Contra War, as these same women continue as leaders in the struggle against their current government’s suppression of democracy and women’s rights.
The film is centered around the personal stories of Dora Maria Téllez, the young medical student who became a major Sandinista General, and four of her revolutionary allies – Nicaraguan women who overcame traditional gender barriers and subverted stereotypes to lead rebel troops in battle and reshape their country with landmark social reform. ¡Las Sandinistas! exposes a watershed moment in history when thousands of women transformed society’s definition of womanhood and leadership before facing renewed marginalization by their male peers after the wars ended. Now, 35 years later, amidst staggering levels of gender violence in Nicaragua, these same women brave the streets once again to lead popular movements for equality and democracy.
The film’s director, Jenny Murray, will be present for a Q and A session directly after the film. Our discussion will touch up on the making of the film, the current political situation in Nicaragua, and well as how leftists movements both in the US and abroad confront misogyny within their own organizations.
