2 results where found for «Gabriela Durand»
To Be Seventeen Again (Volver a los diecisiete)
Music piece by:
Violeta Parra
Testimony by:
Gabriela Durand
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« I was 18, and already I had been tortured on the parrilla several times. One day I was with some other comrade prisoners, and as sometimes happened, the guards put some music on. »[...]« Gabriela Durand »[Read full testimony]
Candombe for José (Candombe para José)
Music piece by:
Roberto Ternán
Testimony by:
Sara De Witt
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« We were in Tres Álamos barracks in September 1976. I don’t recall how many of us women were imprisoned there. I believe there were close to a hundred of us. »[...]« I tried to raise my voice to the infinite space way beyond the edge of the barrack roof that reminded me of my limitations. Amelia put her arm around my shoulder. I did the same to Tuca and all of us embraced each other, singing from the tabletop. We were so close together, and a sense of sisterhood enveloped us. I was not alone; I was with those women who were my sisters. We had survived so much brutality and suffering. I sang with all my might on top of the table with those dear women: Amelia, Tuca, Anita, Anita María, Elena, Gabriela, Nieves, Cristina, Fidelia, Cecilia and another friend whose name I have forgotten. »[Read full testimony]