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Who is Miriam Lewin and what is her story?
But Miriam avoided that fate, became a journalist, and then waged a decades-long campaign to bring her tormentors to justice. All the interviews were done in Spanish. The English was voiced by Emmy winner Alexis Bledel from Handmaid's Tale and Gilmore Girls, who is half Argentine and directed by Oscar winner Fisher Stevens. Avenger is about one woman's triumphant battle against unbelievable odds to survive torture, claim justice for the crimes done against her and others like her, and change the future of her country. Now, here's the first episode of Avenger.
Before we begin, please note that for this story, we interviewed Medium and everyone else for dozens of hours in Spanish. We hired actors to voice their words in English.
What challenges did Miriam face during her activism?
By then, it was much more than a feeling. I knew that I was being followed. I avoided going to my family's house because I knew they would be there waiting for me.
It's late afternoon, 1977. Miriam is in a neighborhood in Buenos Aires. She's 19. It's been a year since Argentina's military seized power. A coup to bring back peace and stability, says the military dictator. People like Medium, a young political dissident, are now targets.
I was actually worried about my grandmother. It had been a while since I'd last seen her. She was 92 and she was frail. I just wanted to call, you know, check in. I get to the phone booth and I notice a man in line. He's young, slim, and he's wearing a jean jacket. And I see that when his turn comes up, he doesn't end up making a call. So now I'm on alert. I start heading toward the nearest bus stop where at least there were more people around. First, he follows me to the bus stop. Then I see him inside the bus. I immediately jump off at a random stop, but he also manages to get out. So I turn my head and I see a dark red Ford Falcon and a long gun barrel hanging out from one of the windows. Now I'm running out of ideas.
How did Miriam become a journalist?
I run into a nearby store and when I look back I see that three men were following. I try to stay calm and make my way through the meat aisle pretending I'm shopping. There's no back exit so I take off again through the front door. I try to catch a bus that was slowing down and the Ford Falcon speeds up right toward me. The bus driver, other people try to help, but the men pull out their guns and scare everybody away. The bus also takes off. They tackle me and they tell me they're police. So I start screaming, I'm Miriam Lewin. Please help me.
From Orbit Media, I'm Andres Caballero. This is Avenger, the story of Miriam Lewin. Episode 1, The Process Fast forward three decades to 2010. It's four in the afternoon, the busiest time of day at Canal 13, a national TV channel in Buenos Aires. Miriam sits in her office chair, looking through a big glass window at the cars driving by. In Argentina, Medium is a well-known investigative journalist. And she's relentless, going after perpetrators of sexual abuse. She's reported from Gaza, Russia, lots of places. Now, she's in the middle of the biggest investigation of her career. Medium looks at her phone. It's a U.S. number. An Argentine reporter calling from Florida, Medium had recently hired him to help her follow up on a tip.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
Who is Miriam Lewin and what is her story?
1:12–2:09
2
What challenges did Miriam face during her activism?
2:09–3:51
3
How did Miriam become a journalist?
3:51–16:52
4
What was the significance of the death flights?
16:52–22:43
5
How did Miriam's past influence her journalistic career?
22:43–30:59
6
What led to the collaboration between Miriam and Giancarlo?
30:59–32:35