SEEN BUT NOT HEARD
A film by Calogero Salvo

Length: 56:46 minutes
Format: digital video documentary
In Spanish with subtitles.

Produced by CSProductions and Sagrera TV
with the participation of ZDF in collaboration with ARTE

Synopsis

SEEN BUT NOT HEARD follows the lives of four Mexican women and their families whose undocumented husbands and partners lost their lives in the tragic events of 9/11. Shot in New York and Mexico, this program traces the personal, social and economic repercussions of this act of terrorism on their lives. From the search and grieving for their loved ones, to their illegal status and uncertain future, the program creates an intimate portrayal of human survival.

SEEN BUT NOT HEARD is a documentary that serves as a platform for the many-undocumented individuals who are members of one of the most unrecognized and illegitimate communities in the United States. It exposes their fears and challenges that are the result of the worsening economic climate, as well as the sociopolitical and national security issues that have arisen since the terrorist attacks.

This film has been exhibited world-wide on television in Europe, Australia, the United States (HBO Latino and PBS), Latin America (The History Channel Latinoamerica) and in the following festivals:

Finalist: Adolf Grimme Preis Award - Germany
Montreal Film Festival - Canada
Finalist: The New York Festivals - Social Issues - USA
Cine Accion Film festival - San Francisco, USA
Sitges International Film festival - Barcelona, Spain
4ª Muestra Internacional Documental - Bogota, Colombia
The Amnesty International Film Festival - USA
New Latino Filmmakers - New York, USA
Image-nation Film Festival; New York, USA
4ta Muestra Documentales de America Latina: Albacete, Spain
Pan African Film festival; Denver; CO - USA

Other venues include El Museo del Barrio, The Kitchen, The Museum of Natural History and Anthology Film Archives in New York, The Latin American Cinema Series, in Nashville and the universities of North Carolina and Yale.