Among the outstanding films nominated for an Academy Award this year is Argentina, 1985, about brave young lawyers and victims of Argentina’s brutal dictatorship who prosecuted the military leaders responsible for the mass torture, rape and murder of thousands of civilians. They faced down death threats, risking their lives to testify against the perpetrators in power.
The film bears witness to a simple truth: a society that does not confront its crimes is condemned instead to repeat them, and to reward those who commit them.
