El Equipo

Premiered October 09, 2023

Directed by Bernardo Ruiz

A collaboration changes the course of forensic science and international human rights.

About the Documentary

Legendary U.S. anthropologist Dr. Clyde Snow sets out to train a new group of Latin American students in the use of forensic anthropology. Their goal: to investigate disappearances in Argentina during the “dirty war.” The group expands its horizons, traveling to El Salvador, Bolivia, and Mexico, doggedly working behind the scenes to establish the facts for the families of the victims.

An Independent Lens and Voces co-presentation.

The Filmmakers

Bernardo Ruiz

Bernardo Ruiz is a two-time Emmy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker. He has directed and produced four feature documentaries, including The Infinite Race (ESPN’s 30 for 30, 2020), Harvest Season (Independent Lens, 2019), Kingdom of Shadows (Participant Media, 2015) and Reportero (POV, 2013) as well as a host of nonfiction programming.

Gabriela Alcalde

Gabriela Alcalde is a documentary filmmaker and journalist. She has worked on the producing teams of the Emmy Award-nominated documentaries, The Forever Prisoner (HBO, 2021) and Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes (A&E, 2017). She collaborated with Ruiz on Latino Vote: Dispatches from the Battleground (PBS, 2020).

Fabián Caballero

Fabián Caballero is an Argentine-Bolivian documentary filmmaker based outside of Los Angeles, California. He co-edited the Emmy-nominated The Interpreters (Independent Lens, 2019) and also co-edited Barbara Kopple’s Emmy-nominated Desert One (TIFF, 2019).