Yahoo Lifestyle ‘Spring of the Vanishing’ Debuts Trailer Ahead of Santa Barbara Film Festival Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
Investigative reporter Andrew Glazer’s documentary “Spring of the Vanishing” has unveiled its first trailer. The film will make its world premiere at the Santa Barbara Film Festival on Feb. 10, with both Glazer and producer J. Weston Phippen in attendance.
“Spring of the Vanishing” follows a group of Mexican women searching for their missing sons as they uncover a draconian deal between Washington and Mexico that led to a months-long massacre. Per the film’s official description, “a U.S. trained and armed unit of Mexico’s special forces were seen patrolling the streets of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico when people began disappearing. It was deployed to pacify the stronghold of the Zetas cartel, but operated indiscriminately and with impunity. Eighteen-year-old and U.S.-born Jorge Dominguez was among 49 reported missing during the six-week operation.” The film tracks Jorge’s mother’s desperate search for her son and for justice and accountability from both the U.S. and Mexico.
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Glazer is an Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker and journalist who has reported from more than 20 countries. He recently directed and produced the documentary “Bad Hombres” for Showtime, and is the founder and CEO of Mission Critical Productions, a full-service production company focusing on documentaries, long-form news pieces and nonfiction series (and is behind “Spring of the Vanishing”).
J. Weston Phippen is a journalist based in Santa Fe, N.M. He has been an editor at magazines like The Atlantic and Outside. His freelance work has appeared in Rolling Stone, Mother Jones and Politico Magazine, among other publications.
Watch the “Spring of the Vanishing” trailer below.
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