<Li> The sisters are mentioned in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, a 2007 novel by Dominican - American writer Junot Díaz . </Li> <Li> The story is fictionalized in the children's book How the Butterflies Grew Their Wings by Jacob Kushner . </Li> <Li> Chilean filmmaker Cecilia Domeyko produced Code Name: Butterflies, a documentary about the Mirabal sisters . It contains interviews with Dedé and other members of the Mirabal family . </Li> <Li> Actress Michelle Rodriguez co-produced the film Trópico de Sangre, which recounts the lives of the sisters . She also starred in the film as Minerva . Dedé Mirabal participated in the development of the film . </Li>

Why are the mirabal sisters called the butterflies