Still Searching: The Disappeared Children of the Quesera Massacre, El Salvador

During the Quesera massacre in 1981, between 350 and 500 civilians were killed by the Salvadoran military and 24 children were disappeared. These are the stories of the survivors and their search for their loved ones, with the support of the Salvadoran human rights organization Asociación Pro-Búsqueda.

Read the full report at the Unfinished Sentences website: https://unfinishedsentences.org/uw-undergraduate-course-assists-search-for-el-salvadors-disappeared-children

Help us reunite more families. If you have information about cases of wartime disappearances in El Salvador or have doubts about your identity, visit: http://www.probusqueda.org.sv or write info@probusqueda.org.sv

This video project was one of my first in teaching filmmaking/digital storytelling instead of being in the direct creator role. I worked with the UW Center for Human Rights to lead a group of UW Jackson School students in the production of two videos as part of their Task Force research on crimes against humanity committed in the context of the Salvadoran civil war, and in support of Asociación Pro-Busqueda’s efforts to reunite families forcibly separated during the war.

Additional Reading

Jackson School Task Force Aims to Find Disappeared Children
A Long-Awaited Embrace: Pro-Búsqueda’s first family reunion of 2016

The second video produced as part of this work:

Project partners: University of Washington Center for Human Rights, Asociación Pro-Busqueda
Roles: Video Lead/Teaching Assistant for a group of 10 Jackson School of International Affairs Task Force Students