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Following Antigone : forensic anthropology and human rights investigations /

Since 1984, the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team (EAAF) and other similar groups have helped families of human right victims to find, identify and bury the remnants of their loved ones and bring evidence to court. This documentary shows various aspects of the application of forensic sciences to...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Doretti, Mimi (Screenwriter, interviewee (expression)), Aho, Matt (Screenwriter), Roush, Laura (Screenwriter), Turner, Silvana (Screenwriter), Fondebrider, Luis (interviewee (expression)), Ginarte, Anahi (interviewee (expression)), Bernardi, Patricia (interviewee (expression))
Format: Video
Language:English
Multiple languages
Language Notes:Narration in English, parts in various languages with English subtitles.
Published: [Brooklyn, NY] : [Witness], [2002]
Subjects:
Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team.
Forensic anthropology > Methodology.
Human rights.
Criminal investigation.
Dead > Identification.
Disappeared persons > Argentina.
Victims of state-sponsored terrorism > Argentina.
Political crimes and offenses > Investigation > Argentina.
El Salvador > History > Civil War, 1979-1992.
Human Rights
Anthropologie légale > Méthodologie.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
Enquêtes criminelles.
Morts > Identification.
Personnes disparues > Argentine.
Victimes du terrorisme d'État > Argentine.
Crimes et délits politiques > Enquêtes > Argentine.
Salvador > Histoire > 1979-1992 (Guerre civile)
Victims of state-sponsored terrorism.
Political crimes and offenses > Investigation.
Disappeared persons.
El Salvador.
Argentina.
1979-1992
Documentaries and Factual Films
Webcast
Online media.
Short films.
Nonfiction films.
Internet videos.
History.
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Courts métrages.
Films autres que de fiction.
Vidéos sur Internet.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
Description
Summary:Since 1984, the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team (EAAF) and other similar groups have helped families of human right victims to find, identify and bury the remnants of their loved ones and bring evidence to court. This documentary shows various aspects of the application of forensic sciences to human rights investigations. Using footage recorded by EAAF members in Argentina, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Haiti and East Timor during the past eighteen years, the documentary covers the entire process of investigation, including historical, archaeological, and laboratory methods, testimonies of relatives of the victims, and reburial ceremonies of the remains of their loved ones many years after they died.
Item Description:Originally produced in 2002.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 40 min.)) : sound, color with black and white sequences
Playing Time:00:39:59
Production Credits:Editor, Sandrino Isambort.