Los vecinos, el documental

I filmed for my documentary two days ago. It is amazing to feel in charge of this creative, political piece and to have a clear idea of exactly what I want to express through it. We went to a woman named Alicia´s apartment and I interviewed her. She was really interesting and very welcoming to us, 4 American studients, and very supportive of my idea. Her sister was disappeared at the age of 23, and Alicia is a very active member of the organization. She told me that her daughter looks a lot like her sister did, and in fact studies and is intersted in the same things as her sister was. A very good moment on camera. She also lends her garage to the vecinos to store and make the tiles that they place in the ground for their friends and families. It was an amazing sight: a small room, filled with cement squares that all read different names and dates of when the people were disappeared. The family members and friends of the desaparecido are asked to place the letters in the tile, and help in its creation. As one of the women who I interviewed said, (along the lines) we don´t know where they are, they were disappeared, so we are creating a place for them, that friends and family can recognize as a reclaimed space.

Then we went to this cafe/cultural center nearby Alicia´s apartment and recorded their meeting, where they were talking to this brother and sister (adults) about the ceremony of the tile placements for their parents. Also at the meeting were these two girls, 16 years old, who are doing projects about teachers and students who were disappeared (murals, plaques) in their high school. Interviewed them too. They were so passionate and interesting. It was awesome to communicate with them, especially since, although I am older, I could definitely relate. They will give the documentary so much. I was just blown away by these girls. They were great. They will give my piece a whole different perspective.