‘Milk of Sorrow’ aims for Oscars
Acclaimed Peruvian film is about women’s abuses during a dark period in the 1980’s.
Published On 7 Mar 2010
“Milk of Sorrow” is an award-winning Peruvian film about the abuses suffered by women during a dark period in recent history.
It happened during the 1980’s, while the country was embroiled in a long armed conflict between government forces and the Shining Path, a pro-communist rebel group.
Many hope that the movie will become Peru’s first-ever film to win an Academy Award, which it is in the lineup for.
The film’s director says she hopes the movie will spread awareness and help “serve as a healing process” for the country.
Al Jazeera’s Barbara Benitez reports from Los Angeles, the home of the Oscars.
Source: Al Jazeera