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Belarusian Waltz

by Andrzej Fidyk

Premiere: August 12, 2008

The story of Alexander Pushkin, whose audacious, comical exploits against totalitarianism find him facing the hostility of the police and the consternation of his family.

Las Madres

by Susana Munoz, Lourdes Portillo

Premiere: August 2, 1988

During the late 1970s, tens of thousands of men, women and even children were abducted by the right-wing military government in Argentina. While most of the population was terrorized by these actions, a small group of mothers of the disappeared began staging weekly demonstrations to demand that their children be released and the kidnappers be brought to justice.