“Stolen Youth” Premieres at United Nations Association Film Festival

Director Joshua Dylan Mellars before the "Stolen Youth" screening in San Francisco.

Stolen Youth, directed by Joshua Dylan Mellars, screened at the United Nations Association Film Festival in San Francisco on October 25.

The documentary tells the story of former political prisoner Hector Marteau who survived Argentina’s Dirty War, which saw 30,000 people numbered among the “Disappeared.” In Stolen Youth: Political Prisoner of the Dictatorship, Marteau re-visits the Buenos Aires prison where he was “detained” forty years ago during the Argentine military dictatorship.

Stolen Youth Trailer

Following the screening, Mellars and producer Sofia Englund took part in a Q&A with the audience.

Stolen Youth made its World Premiere at the 39th Mill Valley Film Festival in early October. The documentary next screens in London and New York City.