''Finding Oscar'' is a 2016 documentary film that explores the

Dos Erres massacre The Dos Erres massacre of 6 December 1982 took place in Dos Erres, a small village in the municipality of La Libertad, in the northern Petén department of Guatemala. The name of the village, occasionally given as "Las Dos Erres", literally m ...

, perpetrated by the

Armed Forces of Guatemala The Guatemalan Armed Forces () is the unified military organization comprising the Guatemalan Army, Navy, Air Force, and Presidential Honor Guard. The president of Guatemala is the commander-in-chief of the military, and formulates policy, tra ...

in the department of Petén on 6 December 1982. It was directed by Ryan Suffern and

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was the executive producer.

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was the production company, in association with the

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, the Friends of FAFG, and Diamond Docs. The "Oscar" of the title refers to Oscar Alfredo Ramirez Castañeda, one of the few survivors of the massacre, who was found living in the U.S. state of

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and whose story the documentary narrates. Other appearances are made by U.S. archivist and researcher , former attorney-general of Guatemala Claudia Paz y Paz, human rights activist

Aura Elena Farfán Aura Elena Farfán is a Guatemalan human rights activist who takes an interest in the many people who have forced disappearance, disappeared as a result of actions by the Guatemalan government. Life Farfán became an activist after her brother w ...

of GAM and FAMDEGUA, U.S. foreign correspondent Sebastian Rotella, and Fredy Peccerelli of the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation (FAFG). Presidents

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and

Efraín Ríos Montt José Efraín Ríos Montt (; 16 June 1926 – 1 April 2018) was a Guatemalan military officer, politician, and dictator who served as ''de facto'' President of Guatemala from 1982 to 1983. His brief tenure as chief executive was one of the blo ...

appear in archive footage.

Awards

''Finding Oscar'' won Best Documentary, Best Director and Best Editing at the 2016

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* *{{IMDb title, id=5719232, title=Finding Oscar Guatemalan Civil War