Indie Entertainment Podcast

https://indieentertainmentpodcast.com/2017/04/14/finding-oscar-director-ryan-suffern/ Director Ryan Suffern speaks candidly with Monica about his journey into filmmaking and working with legendary Steven Spielberg. Listen to his inspirational story. AWARD WINNING "FINDING OSCAR" UNCOVERS HARROWING MYSTERY OF GUATEMALAN CIVIL WAR AND MASSACRE In October of 1982, amid Guatemala's 30-year civil war, guerillas in the north ambush a convoy of Guatemalan soldiers, making off with roughly 20 rifles. This is seen as a humiliating defeat for the military, and in retaliation, two dozen army commandos — an elite squad known as Kaibiles, many of whom were trained by U.S. forces — dress up as guerilla soldiers and invade the jungle hamlet of Dos Erres. The attack takes place two days after President Reagan endorses Guatemalan general Ríos Montt. The Kaibiles kill everyone in their wake, dumping bodies of over 200 victims, the majority of whom were women and children, into the village well. A search reveals no weapons, in