Finding Oscar
Streaming video - 2016
From Executive Producer Steven Spielberg comes an inspiring documentary that sheds light on a forgotten massacre during Guatemala's civil war. Nearly 30 years later, a forensic scientist and prosecutor help bring justice to those responsible... by finding the missing boy named Oscar, a boy who survived the massacre's horror - only to be raised by one of the soldiers who killed his family. Winner of the Viva El Cine - Audience Award at the **Mill Valley Film Festival**. Winner of Best Documentary, Best Director, and Best Editing at the **Boston Film Festival**. *"A genuinely inspiring story of courage in the face of atrocity, impunity, and institutionalized inhumanity." - Matthew Lickona, **San Diego Reader*** *"The ...barbarity described in FINDING OSCAR is stomach-turning, but moments of courage still shine through in this unsettling yet vital documentary." - Ken Jaworowski, **The New York Times***
- Subjects
- Genres
- Documentary films
- Published
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[San Francisco, California, USA] :
FilmRise
2016.
2019. - Language
- English
- Other Authors
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- Online Access
- A Kanopy streaming video
Cover Image - Item Description
- Title from title frames.
Film
In Process Record. - Physical Description
- 1 online resource (streaming video file) (95 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
- Format
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Access
- AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).