This Academy Award-nominated documentary about the Argentinean mothers’ movement to demand to know the fate of the 30,000 “disappeared” sons and daughters remains as extraordinarily powerful as when it was first released. As well as giving an understanding of Argentinean history in the ‘70s and ‘80s, Las Madres shows the empowerment of women in a society where women are expected to be silent and provides a banner of hope in the international struggle for human rights.