Before being a renowned member of the human rights and women's movement in Argentina, Nora Morales de Cortiñas was a mother, wife and “housewife” in the traditional neighborhood of Castelar, province of Buenos Aires. Her entry into Argentina’s political scene occurred in the cruelest and most dramatic way: the 1977 kidnapping and disappearance of her son 24-year-old son Gustavo, along with thousands of other young activists, at the hands of the country’s ruling military dictatorship.

Nora was rejected by the government, the church and the media, and so she took to the streets with other mothers of the "disappeared" to create the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo resistance movement. Together, they embarked on a long road of struggle against the violent and authoritarian regime of General Jorge Videla, demanding the appearance of their daughters and sons alive. Despite the kidnapping, torture and murder of three members of the Mothers, they survived the dictatorship and emerged during the return of democracy in the early 80s as a symbol of human rights, rebellion and protest.

For more than 45 years, Norita has been beacon of struggle, both individual and collective, in her home country and beyond. Her long fight to put the genocidal military leaders in jail caught the attention of a new women's movement in 2018, who also fight against the church and the patriarchal state, this time to decriminalize abortion. As portrayed in NORITA, the women’s movement elevates Norita as "godmother" of their struggle, vindicating her tenacity and ethics in the face of the endless difficulties she faced in imprisoning those responsible for the crimes committed against her son and thousands of others.

Nora’s life path marks a process of intergenerational and historical reparation. Her story is an extraordinary tribute of love and vindication from mother to son, and a powerful proclamation about the possibilities that emerge from collective action.