Imagina 2009
Film
In The Time of the Butterflies
Wed, Nov 25, 3 pm 
Teatro Santa Ana
Biblioteca Publica
Insurgentes 25
60 pesos

Proceeds benefit the Biblioteca Publica & CASA’s Violence Prevention programs

The strength of butterflies continue to inspire
Compiled by Atención staff

On International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women, imagina screens In The Time of the Butterflies, the story of the Dominican activists the Mirabal sisters written by acclaimed author Julia Alvarez.

The four Mirabal sisters were symbols of defiant hope in a country shadowed by dictatorship and despair. They sacrificed their safe and comfortable lives in the name of freedom. Their codename in the revolution was Las Mariposas (The Butterflies) and in this extraordinary novel, Patria, Minerva, Maria Teresa, and Dedé speak across the decades to tell their own stories. From tales of hair ribbons and secret crushes to gunrunning and prison torture, they describe the everyday horrors—and the unbelievable joy—of life in the Dominican Republic under the dictator Trujillo. Through the art and magic, the martyred Butterflies come to vibrant and dramatic life in a warm, brilliant, and heartbreaking story that makes a haunting statement about the human cost of political oppression. 

What inspired you to write about the Mirabal sisters? 

Julia Alvaez, in an online interview for Penguin Books, spoke of the inspiration for the book. “They were—the three who died—the ones who stayed and sacrificed their lives and brought freedom to the Dominican Republic. We were the ones that got away, my father, my mother, my sisters and myself. My father was part of the same group as the Mirabal sisters and we got out and they didn't get out. There's always the responsibility of the survivors to tell the story of those who didn't make it. People ask how long it took to write this book and I say, “all my life.” November 25th is the date in all our minds, those who survived. It is an important that for us and to everyone. The United Nations has even declared November 25th the International Day Against Violence Against Women because of the Mirabal sisters. 

Source: http://us.penguingroup.com/static
/rguides/us/time_of_the_butterflies.html 


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