Document HRFF: Desparecidos and ¿Dónde Están? (Where are They)

Desparecidos (2015, Scotland)
Dir. Carla Novi

Protests erupted in Mexico after 43 students attending the rural teacher’s college of Ayotzinapa disappeared on the 26th of September 2014. People from different backgrounds, classes and ages, united and took to the streets to express their outrage. They organized peaceful rallies and demonstrations, demanding the government take action to find the students. As a result, many citizens involved in the demonstrations have been threatened, abducted as political prisoners, tortured and murdered.
Desaparecidos follows the stories of a few Mexicans from the current generation who live with the risk of being disappeared because of their participation in the recent protests for the missing 43.

¿Dónde Están? (Where are They) (2015, Scotland)
Dir. Jan Nimmo

In October 2014 Jan embarked on a series of portraits of each of the 43 "disappeared" students: her aim was to put a face to the statistics and to raise awareness about the appallingly high number of disappeared people in Mexico (25,000+ since 2007). The portraits, completed almost a year after the terrible events of September 2014, are a labour of love and a tribute to the students and their families. For this short film Jan collaborated with Mexican musicians, Ro Casares & Colectivo Mambotango.

This screening will be followed by a discussion between Beth Pearson of the Glasgow Human Rights Network and Carla Novi.