his visit. In 2008, the American filmmaker Daniel Junge released a documentary titled They Killed Sister Dorothy. The film is narrated by Martin Sheen in the version in English and by Wagner Moura in the version in Portuguese. The film received the Audience Award and the Competition Award at the 2008 South by Southwest Festival, where it had its worldwide première. Opera In 2009, Evan Mack composed an opera based on the life of Sr. Dorothy Stang. Angel of the Amazon depicts her life's work, her devotion to her mission with Brazilian peasant farmers, and the events that sent her on a path of martyrdom. Encompass New Opera Theatre developed the opera in 2010. Other notable mentions A brief overview of the circumstances and murder of Sister Dorothy Stang is discussed in the movie Cowspiracy (2014). A center for social justice activism at Notre Dame de Namur University is named for her. In 2021, a species of owl discovered in the Amazon rainforest was named Megascops stangiae after sister Stang. Posthumous United Nations Human Rights Prize Dorothy Stang received the United Nations Human Rights Prize posthumously on December 10, 2008. See also Chico Mendes Environment of Brazil Indigenous people in Brazil José Cláudio Ribeiro da Silva Vicente Canas Wilson Pinheiro References Notes reference to an Article in the January 2007 issue of National Geographic Article in the July/August 2005 issue of Maryknoll (maryknoll.org) Further reading Le Breton, Binka. The Greatest Gift: The Courageous Life and Martyrdom of Sister Dorothy Stang.. New York: Doubleday. 2008 Le Breton, Binka. A Maior Dádiva: A Vida e Morte Corajosas da Irmã Dorothy Stang.. São Paulo: Editora Globo. 2008 Le Breton, Binka. Audiobook. The Greatest Gift: The Courageous Life and Martydom of Sister Dorothy Stang.. read by Binka Le Breton. Cincinnati: St Anthony's Messenger Press. 2008 Murphy, Roseanne. Martyr of the Amazon: The Life of Sister Dorothy Stang.. New York: Orbis Books. 2007 Murdock,Michele. "A Journey of Courage:The Amazing Story of Sister Dorothy Stang." Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, Cincinnati Ohio,2010. External links Sydney Morning Herald article on the killing, 27 February 2005 The Student, the Nun & the Amazon (www.studentnunamazon.com) Dorothy Stang Center at Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont California Angel of the Amazon An opera based on the life of Sr. Dorothy by Evan Mack Amazonia, Dorothy Stang's Struggle A Net for God documentary in 22 languages (also available in YouTube)