‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ Creators Andy and Barbara Muschietti Explore Real-World Disappearances in Argentinian Documentary ‘Norita’

Andy and Barbara Muschietti are best known as the brother-sister director-producer duo behind the “It” films and the HBO prequel series, “It: Welcome to Derry.” But this year, they executive produced an entirely new project about real-world horrors and disappearances that took place in their home country of Argentina.

“Norita” is a documentary directed by Jayson McNamara and Andrea Carbonatto Tortonese. It tells the story of Nora “Norita” Cortinas, the mother of an Argentinian activist who disappeared during the country’s 1970s junta dictatorship. Cortinas’ efforts for the government to reveal the truth about her son’s whereabouts sparked the Madres de Plaza de Mayo movement, where the mothers of revolutionaries

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