Radical Film Night: Innocent Voices

description: Mes de Independencia?/ Independence Month? Series:
ISEDUC (Salvadoran Initiative of the Education and Culture)presents a film and discussion.

“Voces Inocentes” - "Innocent Voices" (2004) is one of those films that simply blows you away with its incredibly moving story, great acting, directing, and cinematography.
The movie is based on a true story, under age Salvadoran kids are forced to join the army; so they have to hide from the soldiers, in this case a kid have to be the man of the house after his father leaves the family and moves to the USA to help his family, he is told that the army is trained by the US forces and his uncle is a "guerrillero" the movie is about his survival in a small town where the daily attacks by the army takes place.

A discussion after the movie, facilitated by Jeannette Huezo and Carlos Rosales, co-founders of the Salvadoran Initiative for Education and Culture (ISEDUC).

The discussion will be around the legacy of the war, youth, women, and economic impact.

web site: http://www.vocesinocentes.com/