Alive You Took Them: Graphic narratives on Mexico’s Disappeared

CAS Speakers Presents TODAY! Monday, April 2 Andalusia Knoll-Soloff will present Alive You Took Them: Graphic narratives on Mexico's Disappeared Gregg Hall (Porter 100) at 4:30 Andalusia Knoll-Soloff is a freelance multimedia journalist based in Mexico City. On September 26, 2014, police kidnapped 43 students from the Ayotzinapa teachers college in southern Mexico. To date, their parents still search for them, proclaiming, "alive you took them, alive we want them." For the past three years Andalusia Knoll Soloff, along with a Mexican collective of artists and researchers have been working on a graphic novel that uses first-hand accounts to tell the story of these parents' tireless search to find the Ayotzinapa students and challenge government impunity. Andalusia will speak about comics journalism and the challenges of illustrating such a heart-wrenching story where reality surpasses fiction. Andalusia Knoll-Soloff is a frequent contributor to VICE News, Al Jazeera, Democracy Now! and TRT World. Her work focuses on gender violence, human rights violations and land struggles in Latin America. More information on this talk can be found here: https://www.cmu.edu/cas/events/2017-18/spring/alive-you-took-them.html Co-Sponsored by The CMU Department of Modern Languages The CMU Global Studies Program The Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) at Pitt       Copyright © 2018 Carnegie Mellon University, Center for the Arts in Society, All rights reserved. CAS Members List Our mailing address is: Carnegie Mellon University, Center for the Arts in Society 5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, Pa 15213