Portraits of a Search (2014)
• October 19th, 2014 • 1h 7min
Documentary
Overview
In the Mexican narco-war, thousands of mothers search for their missing sons and daughters. In Portraits of a Search, the stories of Natividad, Guadalupe and Margarita intertwine to convey the different forms of confronting the search and uncertainty: one turns to the FBI, another obtains the Nation´s president´s personal promise, and the other tries to return to her routines so as to save her grandson. A portrait of Mexico today.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
The Murder of Gabby Petito: What Really Happened
Released on: 2022-10-12
Documentary, Crime
Aspiring influencer Gabby Petito sets out on a cross-country road trip with her fiancé, but she soon...
Missing 411: The U.F.O. Connection
Released on: 2023-09-10
Documentary, Mystery, Science Fiction
In Missing 411: The UFO Connection, David Paulides continues the story of people who vanish in the w...
Dear Matthew
Released on: 2010-05-03
Documentary
The story of Tim Reilly (84) whose son Matthew disappeared in1999. All that remains of him today are...
Hunting Matthew Nichols
Released on: 2024-10-20
Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Documentary
Twenty-three years after her brother mysteriously disappeared, a documentary filmmaker sets out to s...
Cropsey
Released on: 2009-04-25
Crime, Documentary, Mystery, Horror
Realizing the urban legend of their youth has actually come true, two filmmakers delve into the myst...
A Man Vanishes
Released on: 1967-07-08
Drama, Documentary
A Man Vanishes examines the concept of Johatsu, tackling the phenomenon of people missing in Japan o...
Quiet Killing
Released on: 2018-03-05
Documentary, Crime
An examination of the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women, the film explores the reasons ...
Finding Yingying
Released on: 2020-03-13
Documentary
Yingying Zhang, a 26-year-old Chinese student, comes to the U.S. to study. In her detailed and beaut...
Women of the White Buffalo
Released on: 2022-04-12
Documentary
With exclusive access to the lives of 8 women, ranging in age from 10 to 98, explore powerful testim...
A Place of Absence
Released on: 2025-11-20
Documentary
This poetic film follows director Marialuisa's journey with Anita and Leticia, Central American wome...
I Am Diabolik
Released on: 2019-03-11
Documentary
Docudrama about the comic book artist only known as Zarcone, who disappeared forever after illustrat...
Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King
Released on: 2022-03-30
Documentary, Crime
When the young founder of a collapsing cryptocurrency exchange dies unexpectedly, irate investors su...
Rainy in Glenageary
Released on: 2019-04-16
Documentary, Crime, Animation
An experimental true crime documentary based on the unsolved murder of Raonaid Murray, a 17-year-old...
Lord Lucan: My Husband, The Truth
Released on: 2017-04-26
Documentary
The 40 year mystery uncovered by his wife. This is the story of Lord Lucan, playboy, aristocrat, gam...
Jeffrey's Hell
Released on: 2024-03-31
Horror, Documentary, Thriller
In 2023, Writer/director Aaron Irons went deep into the Appalachian wilderness area known as Jeffrey...
Belarus: An Ordinary Dictatorship
Released on: 2018-03-18
Documentary
It’s the last dictatorship of Europe, caught in a Soviet time-warp, where the secret police is still...
Missing 411: The Hunted
Released on: 2019-06-25
Documentary
Hunters have disappeared from wildlands without a trace for hundreds of years. David Paulides presen...
Expedition Amelia
Released on: 2019-10-20
Documentary, History, TV Movie
Explorer Robert Ballard sets out to solve the mystery of Amelia Earhart's disappearance as he and a ...
Lost Compassion
Released on: 2016-02-21
Crime, Documentary, Drama, Mystery
Mitrice Richardson, a lovely 24 year old African-American woman, was released late at night from the...