OFFICIAL SELECTION - Santa Barbara International Film Festival | OFFICIAL SELECTION - CineFestival | OFFICIAL SELECTION - Dumbo Film Festival
Human Rights • US Military Intervention in Latin America • Mexico's Disappearance Crisis • US War on Drugs • US/Mexico Border Issues
Date of Completion: 2025 | Run Time: 103 minutes | Language: English and Spanish with English and Spanish subtitles | Captions: Yes | Includes: Transcript | Director: Andrew Glazer | Producers: Andrew Glazer & Weston Phippen | Director of Photography: Eric Arthur Fernandez | Editor: Luis Álvarez y Álvarez | Original Music: Tomás Barreiro Guijosa
A group of Mexican women searching for their missing sons uncovers a draconian deal between Washington and Mexico that led to a months-long massacre. A US trained and armed unit of Mexico's special forces were seen patrolling the streets of Nuevo Laredo, MX 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 US-born Jorge Dominguez was among 49 reported missing during the six-week operation. SPRING OF THE VANISHING tracks Jorge’s mother's desperate search for her son and for justice and accountability from both the U.S. and Mexico.
Film Threat | Michael Talbot-Haynes, Film Critic
"If you ever desired a narcotic nutshell history of the drug game in Mexico, put this in your pocket and walk away quickly."