Emily Pederson

Photographer/Filmmaker
    
They Took Them Alive
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Nationality: United States
Biography: Emily Pederson is a documentary photographer and filmmaker from Rhode Island, United States. After three years in Mexico, covering social movements and the impact of Drug War violence, she is now based in New York City. Her work has been supported... MORE
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They Took Them Alive
Copyright Emily Pederson 2024
Date of Work Apr 2016 - Nov 2016
Updated Jan 2018
Location Mexico
Topics Community, Confrontation, Corruption, Crime, Documentary, Film, Human Rights, Latin America, Loss, Protests, Violence

More than two years after 43 students disappeared from Ayotzinapa in Mexico, their loved ones still seek justice and closure.

Directed by Emily Pederson
Executive Producers: Laura Poitras, AJ Schnack and Charlotte Cook
Producer: Patricia Benabé/Rayuela Films

Festivals and Screenings: 
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 Guanajuato International Film Festival
2017 Festival Internacional del Cortometraje de Santiago, Special Jury Mention
2017 Festival de Cine y Derechos Humanos de Madrid
2017 Shorts Mexico
2017 Proyector/DCTV Screening Series
2017 Rockport Film Festival
2016 San Francisco Film Society Doc Stories

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