About this Event
On April 17th, join the Center for Public History for a free film screening of Toshkua: Desaparición, a documentary about Mary Martinez and her son Marco Antonio Amador, a migrant kidnapped in Mexico almost twelve years ago. As Mary searched for her son, she realized that his disappearence was connected to a wider patterns of organized crime disappearences.
Mary and mothers like her are the focal point of Toshkua, a 2023 film directed, written and produced by Ludovic Bonleux. He has directed four other documentaries, one of which, Guerrero (2017), won the Diosa de Plata award for best documentary from the Association of Mexican cinema critics (PECIME). He and Dr. Adela Cedillo, a UH professor of modern Mexican history, will participate in a discussion panel after the screening.
The run of schedule is as follows:
5:00PM - Reception
6:00PM - Welcome Remarks
6:15PM - Film Screening
7:40PM - Discussion Panel Conversations with Dr. Adela Cedillo and Ludovic Bonleux
8:00PM - Q&A with Audience
8:15PM - Closing Remarks and Thanks with Dr. Nancy Beck Young
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design, Room 150, 4200 Elgin Street, Houston, United States
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