Discussions on social media give life to statues on Mexico City’s Reforma Avenue. The climate alternates between cycles of chaos and order, expression and censorship, memory and oblivion. A new decolonial, feminist era has arrived. Realities arise from changes that modify the city’s public space and its symbols.
After the devastating disappearance of her teenaged daughter, Rocío attempts to uncover the truth in the dense tangle of bureaucracy and patriarchal social norms.
The Inventory intertwines the heart-wrenching stories of families in Mexico searching for their forcibly disappeared loved ones with the work of a committee of linguists. As the committee updates the dictionary, they uncover how language is manipulated to perpetuate institutional violence, revealing the profound impact of words on justice and memory.
