SXSWPicked by The New Yorker
Águilas
Directed by Kristy Guevara-Flanagan, Maite Zubiaurre · 2021
Volunteers of the Águilas del Desierto comb the Arizona desert for migrants who vanished while crossing the border, hoping to bring answers to grieving families.
A quiet, devastating look at volunteers who refuse to let the missing be forgotten.
The film “Águilas” tells the story of the Águilas del Desierto, who look for migrants who go missing crossing the border—often finding only their remains.
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