Rating: NR
Genre:
Culture & Society
Release Date: 10/20/2009
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English/Por
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 93 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: First Run Features
Sister Dorothy Stang was a nun from Ohio who was seventy-three years old when she was murdered in Brazil.
Stang was part of a group of Christian activists who were working with natives in the Brazilian rainforests to create sustainable agricultural projects to help the locals support themselves without damaging the environment.
Stang and her colleagues were also helping native landowners reclaim land that had been stolen or taken from them under false pretenses by ranching and logging concerns.
Stang's efforts to help Brazil's poor did not make her many friends among the wealthy and powerful, and when she was killed, many believed she was the victim of hired assassins working under the command of men wanting to protect their political and economic interests. Filmmaker
Daniel Junge directed the
documentary They Killed Sister Dorothy, which profiles the late
Sister Stang and offers both evidence and informed opinion about who killed her and why. Narrated by
Martin Sheen,
They Killed Sister Dorothy was a prize-winner at the 2008
South by Southwest Film Festival.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
;)
