Montoneros

This is a literal transcription, otherwise a dialogue list of "Evita", a documentary film on the life of Eva Duarte created by Eduardo Montes-Bradley in 2008. Conformed in its entirety with previously unseen historical footage and documents, the film reconstructs the life of the former Argentine first lady from an unbiased perspective. The film starts with meticulous examination of Evita Duarte's origins, her relationship with her parents (particularly her father) and her siblings. Evita goes on to reveal intimate aspects of Duarte's early childhood and adolescence, leading to her resolving to flee her home in the countryside for the capital city of Buenos Aires. The latter segments of the film are highlighted by interviews with former teachers from her elementary schooling in Junin, a small city in the province of Buenos Aires. Throughout the film, the director is steadily reminding the audience of the domestic and international context out of which Evita Duarte emerged, enhancing the viewer's understanding the facts. The second act of the film concludes with her funeral in Buenos Aires. The third act exposes the macabre plot to have Evita Peron's corpse disappear, and looks at the curious series of events leading to the exchange of cadavers between the so-called Peronist youth and the military regime. ¨Evita¨ premiered in the US on WCVE Richmond-PBS, and WHTJ Charlottesville-PBS on July 12, 2012 and had sold over 220.000 copies on DVD worldwide. "Evita" has been included in classrooms on Political Science, Latin American Studies, and World History. Most recently, "Evita" was listed 11 in the “Top 25 Political Documentaries That Shed Light On Latin America’s Reality".

The following transcription of the original script, without my notes or remarks, is hereby published in response to numerous requests, and to make the dialogue list available for translations and accessible to classrooms.

Eduardo Montes-Bradley
Charlottesville, Virginia | December 2017

En este trabajo se explora la creación de las Universidades Católica y Provincial de Mar del Plata, su desarrollo institucional y los conflictos políticos y religiosos que la atravesaron durante las décadas de 1960 y 1970. Centro de la violencia política, ambas instituciones fueron unificadas en la Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, luego intervenida militarmente.

Este trabajo estudia las nociones sobre democracia obrera y burocracia sindical utilizadas por las organizaciones de izquierda durante la década de 1970 a partir del análisis de fuentes documentales como volantes, boletines, prensa y documentos partidarios. Se examinará en particular los casos de dos organizaciones peronistas (Montoneros y Peronismo de Base) y una organización marxista (Partido Revolucionario de los Trabajadores – Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo), estableciéndose comparaciones que den cuenta de la importancia de la adscripción ideológica y la estrategia política como condicionantes de los sentidos otorgados a la burocracia y democracia sindical. Por otra parte, se focalizará el estudio de publicaciones realizadas en el año 1975 debido a que en el marco de las jornadas de lucha obrera desarrolladas ese año se concentraron y profundizaron debates y concepciones al calor de la experiencia inédita de la clase trabajadora.