Critically acclaimed Indian filmmaker Leena Manimekalai’s White Van Stories, a documentary on enforced disappearances in Sri Lanka with never-seen-before footage, is set for an international release, Indian Media reported.
The two-hour documentary shows seven characters and the unexplained disappearances of their loved ones in post-war Sri Lanka.
The Express News Service reported that the characters will also give audiences a stark glimpse at their resilience to find the disappeared as part of their continued fight for justice.
The global broadcast coincides with the forthcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Colombo that has been highly criticized.
“The lives of the families of the disappeared across Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim ethnicities are portrayed,” said the documentary maker. The rally that was held in Jaffna and Colombo recently on Int’l Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, during UNHRC High Commissioner Navi Pillay’s visit to Sri Lanka is the centerpiece of the docu-feature as the characters were amongst the hundreds of families of the disappeared who had protested, ENS further reported.
