Senorita Extraviada


1h 15m 2001

Brief Synopsis

Unfortunately, there is no better place in the world to kill a young woman than in Ciudad Juarez. In the past ten years, hundreds of women have disappeared or been found murdered in this Mexican border town. Most of these women, usually thin, long-haired and attractive, were employed at one of the m

Film Details

Also Known As
Missing Young Woman
MPAA Rating
Genre
Crime
Documentary
Release Date
2001
Location
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 15m

Synopsis

Unfortunately, there is no better place in the world to kill a young woman than in Ciudad Juarez. In the past ten years, hundreds of women have disappeared or been found murdered in this Mexican border town. Most of these women, usually thin, long-haired and attractive, were employed at one of the maquiladoras--assembly plants which choke the Mexico/U.S. border. Only a few of these cases, some 200 since 1994, have been solved. Director Lourdes Portillo travels to Juarez "to track down the ghosts and listen to the mystery which surrounds them."

Film Details

Also Known As
Missing Young Woman
MPAA Rating
Genre
Crime
Documentary
Release Date
2001
Location
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 15m

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Miscellaneous Notes

Co-winner (along with John Walter's "How to Draw a Bunny") of the Documentary Special Jury Prize at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival.

Released in United States 2002

Released in United States January 2002

Released in United States September 2001

Released in United States Winter February 21, 2003

Shown at Cinequest 2002: The San Jose Film Festival February 21 - March 3, 2002.

Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Real to Reel) September 6-15, 2001.

Released in United States 2002 (Shown at Cinequest 2002: The San Jose Film Festival February 21 - March 3, 2002.)

Released in United States January 2002 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Documentary) in Park City Utah January 10-20, 2002.)

Released in United States Winter February 21, 2003

Released in United States September 2001 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Real to Reel) September 6-15, 2001.)