Roses in December (1982)
56 min
The film begins with the exhumation of four American women tortured, raped, and murdered by the right-wing government of El Salvador on December 2, 1980. The women — Dorothy Kazel, an Ursuline; Ita Ford and Maura Clarke, Maryknoll mission sisters; and Jean Donovan, a young laywoman from Cleveland — were providing food, shelter, medical care and burial to the poor. They were targeted for assassination by a death squad within the U.S.-supported Salvadoran military as part of a policy of suppressing the poor and “liberation theology.” The award-winning documentary focuses primarily on the life of Jean Donovan through archival news footage, interviews, home movies, and diary readings.
- Release date
- January 1, 1982
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- John Houseman as Narrator
- Douglas Cable as Self - Jean's Fiance
- Michael Donovan as Self - Jean's Brother
- Pat Donovan as Self
- Raymond Donovan as Self
- Bill Ford as Self
Crew
- Maura Clarke · Archive footage
- Eldon Cummings · Archive footage
- Jean Donovan · Archive footage
- Ita Ford · Archive footage
- Ana Carrigan · Director
- Bernard Stone · Director
- Ana Carrigan · Writer
- Chris Adelmann · Composer
- Bernard Stone · Editor