film synopsis & credits director's bio director's statement

director's statement Seņorita Extraviada is an investigation into the nature of truth, a truth that I have always found elusive in my documentary work and especially in this documentary about the sex murders of hundreds of girls in a Mexican border town. I ask myself why are poor young women so close to the U.S. left so forsaken? I feel that to stand by and witness these crimes without acting, I am being degraded so I decided to act and focus my work in telling their harrowing tale. The story is chronologically so as to make order out of chaos and misinformation. What emerges are undeniable truths in the courageous testimonies of the victims; their voices shed light on the fate of these innocent victims. The labor of making this film is my offering to the hundreds of young women who have sacrificed along the U.S. Mexican border. It tells a story of imposed terror and silence as the new world of Globalization flourishes. My sincere hope is that the film and its power can indeed effect some change in the consciousness of the viewers.