Code Name: Butterflies (2009)

Code Name: Butterflies

2009

Documentary

Synopsis

In the 1950s, Patria, Minerva, and María Teresa Mirabal - who were known by their codename "The Butterflies" - created an underground resistance movement against Rafael Trujillo, dictator of the Dominican Republic. On November 25, 1960, Trujillo had all three sisters assassinated. The assassinations turned the Mirabal sisters into national heroines and symbols of feminist resistance. The documentary interweaves interviews with over forty witnesses to the story, including the Mirabal family friends, colleagues, co-revolutionaries, teachers, and most importantly, their surviving sister, Dedé, along with dramatic reenactments and archival footage.

Credits

Director

Cecilia Domeyko

Cast

Dedé Mirabal as Self

Enrique Almirante as Rafael Trujillo

María Teresa Mirabal as Self (archive footage)

Minerva Mirabal as Self (archive footage)

Nayade Rivero as Dedé Mirabal

Patria Mirabal as Self (archive footage)

Rafael Trujillo as Self (archive footage)

Roxana Montenegro as María Teresa Mirabal