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Señorita Extraviada (Missing Young Woman) tells the haunting story of the more than 200 kidnapped, raped and murdered young women of Juárez, Mexico. Visually poetic, yet unflinching in its gaze, this compelling investigation unravels the layers of complicity that have allowed for the brutal murders of women living along the Mexico-U.S. border. In the midst of Juárez’s international mystique and high profile job market, there exists a murky history of grossly underreported human rights abuses and violence against women. Relying on what Portillo comes to see as the most reliable of sources – the testimonies of the families of the victims –"Señorita Extraviada" documents a two-year search for the truth in the underbelly of the new global economy. An Independent Television Service (ITVS) Production.
Señorita Extraviada screened at ACMI in Federation Square on Tuesday August 31st 2004 with all proceeds donated to Amigos de las Mujeres de Juárez. Barcelona Human Rights Film Festival - Gold Gandhi Award Sundance Film Festival - Special Jury Prize Human Rights Watch International Film Festival - Nestor Almendros Prize Thessaloniki Film Festival - FIPRESCI Award to Best Foreign Film Cinequest - Audience Award for Best Documentary Images Du Nouveau Monde - Prix Tempete Radio-Canada Award for Best Feature Film Festival International de Films De Femmes in Creteil - Audience Award Malaga Film Festival - Grand Prize Best Documentary Toronto International Film Festival Torino Film Festival Goteborg Film Festival Pacific Film Archives Human Rights Watch International Film Festival San Antonio Cinefestival San Diego Latino Film Festival Chicago International Film Festival Cleveland International Film Festival San Francisco International Film Festival Boston Women's Film Festival Halfway to Hollywood Film Festival International Documentary Association's (IDA) - Nomination Distinguish Documentary Achievement Awards Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences in Mexico - Ariel for Best Mexican Documentary"She [Lourdes Portillo] won a 1986 Oscar nomination for 'Las Madres: The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo,' a film about political dissidents in Argentina, studied AIDS and Latinas in 'Vida' and explored the legacy of Tejano singer Selena in 'Corpus.' But nothing she's done has been as wrenching as 'Señorita Extraviada…'"
Edward Guthmann
San Francisco Chronicle "'Señorita Extraviada' is further proof that she [Lourdes Portillo] is one of the most important filmmakers chronicling the Latino Experience today."
Mike McDaniel
Houston Chronicle "...a stunning portrait of the callousness, willful ignorance and sheer incompetence of police investigating a horrifying, nearly decade-long string of killings in Mexico."
Basem Boshra
Montreal Gazette ”...a powerful film that bears witness to the humanity of the victims…and a powerful testament to the bravery of the women who have refused to be intimidated and have dared to speak out, organize and protest. 'Senorita Extraviada' is a cry of outrage and a call to activism.”
Marcia Gillespie
Ms. Magazine “Heartbreaking”
Sarah Goodyear
Time Out New York "Elegiac, with low-key persistence, [director Lourdes Portillo] uncovers the outlines of what seem to be a vast conspiracy."
Kevin Thomas
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