EASA2020 Films

Persistencia

Human remains: A forensic journey through landscapes of disappearance in Mexico.

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Original Title: Persistencia
Year Of Production: 2019
Duration: 54
Country of Location: Mexico
Country of Production: Germany
Directors: Anne Huffschmid and Jan-Holger Hennies

Human bodies don’t simply disappear. They were kidnapped, buried, broken into pieces. But they are also searched for, recovered and if forensic experts achieve the unlikely, reconstructed as persons. These only return to their homes if they are identified as dead. An audiovisual journey through Mexico’s landscapes of disappearance, between mass graves and fragments, affected families and forensic anthropologists. In search for the human that remains, against the odds.

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