Discovering Dominga
(58 minutes) Guatemala/USA
Director: Patricia Flynn
Producers: Patricia Flynn and Mary Jo McConahay (co-producer)

Description:

Denese Becker was a young housewife from small town America, living a seemingly ordinary life, with an extraordinary story to tell: that of nine year old Indian girl who witnesses her mother’s murder, sees her newborn sibling die in her care, and who then suppresses the memory for 18 years until she is driven to discover the truth of her past. Discovering Dominga chronicles Becker, a young Iowa immigrant, born a Maya Indian, who discovers she is a survivor of one of the most horrific massacres in Guatemalan history, committed in 1982 against Maya Indian villagers. The film follows her emotional odyssey of self-discovery and political awakening, and sheds light on what the United Nations termed genocide against one of this hemisphere’s largest indigenous minorities.

Biography:

An award-winning broadcaster, Patricia Flynn has produced public affairs programming and documentaries for public television and radio for more than 20 years. She was a producer for the PBS documentary series In Search Of Law And Order and for Religion & Ethics Newsweekly on PBS. A recipient of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, Flynn is the co-author of two books on U.S.-Latin American relations.

Contact Information:

Patricia Flynn
43 Jordan Avenue
San Anselmo, CA 94960
E-mail: pannflynn@aol.com
http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2003/discoveringdominga/