In-person: Filmmaker Ludovic Bonleux
Presented by UA Hanson FilmTV Institute and School of Theatre, Film and Television, with generous support from UA Center for Latin American Studies, the Human Rights Practice Program and UA School of Anthropology.
“Toshkua”, a word that means “to disappear” in the indigenous Pesh language of Honduras, tells the story of those who struggle against disappearance, from Central America to the US.
Mary travels from Honduras to the US border looking for her son, a migrant kidnapped in Mexico. During her journey, she meets other mothers looking for their own sons, and discovers the staggering magnitude of the disappearance crisis in the region. Francisco, leader of the Pesh community, is confronted with the extinction of the tropical forest, the migration of his sons and the vanishing of his own language. He journeys to the heart of the jungle to pray for their survival.
