They Killed Sister Dorothy


On February 12th, 2005, Sister Dorothy Stang, a Catholic nun from Dayton, Ohio, was shot six times and left to die on a muddy road in the Brazilian Amazon. Who was this woman? Why was she killed? And what will be done about it? The answers may hold the fate of the rainforest itself.

They Killed Sister Dorothy is a ground-breaking documentary feature and a true courtroom drama that follows the trial of Dorothy's killers and examines her life's work in the rainforest of Brazil.

Wednesday, March 25th at 8 p.m. tune into HBO2’s premiere of this moving documentary. Witness how the Amazon is losing 51 million acres per year due to greed, corrupt officials and the indifference of world leaders.