WED, OCT 30, 2024, 7pm
Marroney Theatre / FREE
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In Person: Director 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 Pesh Language of Honduras, tells the story of those who struggle against disappearance.
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.
Festivals
- Festival International du Film Documentaire Amazonie Caraïbes FIFAC, French Guyana, 2023, Jury award
- Premio Mezcal, Festival Internacional de Cine de Guadalajara, Mexico, 2023
- Doqumenta Querétaro, Mexico, 2023
- Festival Ambulante, Mexico, 2023
- Doctubre, DocsMX, Mexico, 2023
- Festival Internacional de Cine sobre Migración (ONU-OIM), Mexico, 2023
- Festival de Cine Documental Mexicano Zanate, Mexico, 2023
- Festival de Cine Colombia Migrante, various countries, 2023
- Muestra Cine + Video Indígena, various Latin American countries, 2023
- Atlantidoc festival Internacional de Cine Documental de Uruguay, Uruguay, 2023
- Miradas Medellín, Colombia, 2023
- Contracorriente Fest, Honduras, 2023
- Latin American Film Festival Panorámica, Sweden, 2023