They Took Them Alive | Field of Vision
18 min short film. More than two years after 43 students disappeared from Ayotzinapa in Mexico, their loved ones still seek justice and closure.
Director: Emily Pederson
Executive Producers: Laura Poitras, AJ Schnack, Charlotte Cook
Producer: Patricia Benabé/Rayuela Films
Press:
The New York Times: Documentary 'They Took Them Alive' Portrays One of Mexico's 'Most Tragic and Desperate Eras'
The Atlantic: There's No Peace for the Families of Mexico's Missing Students
El Faro: Ayotzinapa o la importancia de no dejar solas a las víctimas
Field of Vision: Interview with Emily Pederson
Festivals and Awards:
2020 Madrid Human Rights Film Festival
2018 Berlin Motion Picture Festival
2018 Barcelona Human Rights Film Festival
2018 Global Impact Film Festival
2018 CNY Film Festival | Prize for Artistic Excellence
2017 March on Washington Film Festival | Emerging Filmmaker Grand Prize
2017 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
2017 Bronx Documentary Center Women's Film Series
2017 GIFF Guanajuato International Film Festival
2017 Santiago International Short Film Festival | Special Jury Mention
2017 Madrid Human Rights Film Festival
2017 Shorts Mexico
2017 Proyector Screening Series
2017 Rockport Film Festival
2016 San Francisco Film Society Doc Stories
Director, Editor: Emily Pederson
6 min video piece. Two immigrant mothers speak about their experiences of being separated from their children at the border in 2019. In collaboration with the nonprofit Immigrant Families Together.
Director, Editor: Emily Pederson
5 min video piece. As President Trump is inaugurated, undocumented mother Lucia reflects on the Mexican immigrant experience.