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Fernando is Back
Directed by Silvio Caiozzi
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During General Augusto Pinochet's reign in Chile following the 1973 coup, thousands of civilians were 'disappeared' - arrested and killed - by the military. FERNANDO IS BACK follows the workings of Chile's Forensic Identification Unit in its quest to reclaim the identities of the disappeared.

Founded in 1994, the Forensic Identification Unit is composed of doctors and specialists in anthropology and forensics. They compare the victim's skulls, bones and teeth with family photographs, dental records and medical histories, in an attempt to find a match. The Forensic Identification Unit's goal is to identify the remains of all disappeared, and to determine the cause of death, thereby reclaiming the disappeared histories and identities, one by one.

FERNANDO IS BACK documents the Forensic Identification Unit's work to identify Fernando Olivares Mori, a husband, father and son, who disappeared when he was 27 years old. The film shows the powerful impact of the Unit's work for one family, indicating it for the entire country.

"Powerful and moving, this film shows the viewer the consequences of the Chilean dictatorship and what it did to the people of the nation. This film would be a fine addition to a multicultural history collection. Recommended."—Educational Media Reviews Online

Best Documentary, Havana International Film Festival 1998
Best Documentary, Montevideo International Film Festival 1999
Best Documentary, Short Films Festival International, Chile 1999
Award of Merit in Film, Latin American Studies Association 2001
Amnesty International Human Rights Film Festival 2001

31 minutes / Color
English subtitles
Release: 2000
Copyright: 1998

For colleges, universities, government agencies, hospitals and corporations

This DVD is sold with a license for institutional use and Public Performance rights.

Subject areas:
Anthropology, Chile, Forensic Anthropology, Forensics, History (World), Human Rights, Latin America, South America

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