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This film "unfolds like the unsolved mystery that it examines -- the kidnapping, rape and murder of over 350 young women in Juárez, Mexico ... [T]he film unravels the layers of complicity that have allowed these brutal murders to continue. Relying on what filmmaker Lourdes Portillo comes to see...

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Corporate Authors: Xochitl Films (Firm), Independent Television Service, Center for Independent Documentary, Women Make Movies (Firm) (film production.)
Other Authors: Portillo, Lourdes (Producer, Director), Crawford, Olivia (Screenwriter), Mackaman, Julie (Screenwriter), Wood, Sharon, 1952- (Screenwriter), Hillgrove, Vivien (Film editor), Kibbe, Kyle (Cinematographer), Boekelheide, Todd (composer (expression))
Format: Video
Language:English
Spanish
Language Notes:In English and Spanish; Spanish dialogue subtitled in English.
Optional closed captions.
Published: New York (N.Y.) : Women Make Movies, [2001]
Subjects:
Women > Crimes against > Mexico > Ciudad Juárez.
Homicide > Mexico > Ciudad Juárez.
Victims of violent crimes > Mexico > Ciudad Juárez.
Serial murders > Mexico > Ciudad Juárez.
Criminal justice, Administration of > Mexico.
Sex crimes > Mexico > Ciudad Juárez.
Femmes > Crimes contre > Mexique > Ciudad Juárez.
Meurtres en série > Mexique > Ciudad Juárez.
Violence sexuelle > Mexique > Ciudad Juárez.
Victimes de violence > Mexique > Ciudad Juárez.
Victims of violent crimes
Homicide
Criminal justice, Administration of
Serial murders
Sex crimes
Women > Crimes against
Mexico
Mexico > Ciudad Juárez
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Video recordings
Internet videos
Documentary films
Feature films
Nonfiction films
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Internet videos.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy)
Description
Summary:This film "unfolds like the unsolved mystery that it examines -- the kidnapping, rape and murder of over 350 young women in Juárez, Mexico ... [T]he film unravels the layers of complicity that have allowed these brutal murders to continue. Relying on what filmmaker Lourdes Portillo comes to see as the most reliable of sources -- the testimonies of the families of the victims -- this film documents a two-year search for the truth in the underbelly of the new global economy"--
Item Description:Originally produced as a documentary in 2001.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 streaming video file (76 min.))
Awards:Special Jury Prize, Documentary, Sundance Film Festival, 2002
Best Feature Length Documentary, Ariel Film Festival, 2003
Production Credits:Editor, Vivien Hillgrove ; cinematographer, Kyle Kibbe ; composer, Todd Boekelheide.