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.
Anne Huffschmid
Anne Huffschmid is an author and visual creator based in Berlin. She holds a PhD in Cultural Sciences and has been working, for several decades by now, on topics such as urban culture, violence and social memory, discourse and visual cultures, with a particular focus on Latin America, especially Mexico. Her latest project “Forensic Landscapes”, which she initiated in 2013, deals with emerging (counter)forensic agencies in Mexico and other Latin American countries.
Jan-Holger Hennies
Jan-Holger Hennies is a documentary filmmaker based between Berlin and Mexico City. His works explore different forms of film and web-based narratives, often concerning contexts of violence and practices of resistance. A graduate from the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology at the University of Manchester (UK), he takes inspiration from sensory ethnography and artistic research.