Independent Lens . OUR DISAPPEARED/NUESTROS DESAPARECIDOS

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They dreamed of a revolution that would transform Argentina. But what happened to this hopeful generation who suddenly “disappeared”? Thirty years after leaving his native Argentina, filmmaker Juan Mandelbaum discovers his former girlfriend was among the thousands abducted, tortured and murdered during a state-authorized campaign of atrocities. Through his personal journey, OUR DISAPPEARED/NUESTROS DESAPARECIDOS retraces the brutal events that still haunt Argentina today.

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			The Making Of: I was climbing the stairs and realized that the detainees, like Patricia, shackled and blindfolded, would have held the same rail. A small thing like that hit me really hard." Watch behind-the-scenes video and read more >>


	The Filmmakers: “I want audiences to get into the personal stories, to see the tremendous resilience of parents who suffered irrevocable loss and to share the need to always remember the disappeared…” More >>

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