Filmmaker Peter Sanders, who earned his bachelor's degree in history from UVM in 1992, will return to the university on Monday, March 23 for a screening of his documentary, The Disappeared. The film delves into the horrors of Argentina's Dirty War, 1976-1983, an era of state-sponsored violence in which tens of thousands of citizens "disappeared."

Sanders' film tells the story through the experience of Horacio Pietragalla, one of 500 children who disappeared during the period, but was reunited with his biological family in 2003. Across four years, Sanders collected interviews with Pietragalla, journalists, and gained difficult access to military leaders. The Disappeared has earned critical praise, appeared on the History Channel, and been featured at several international film festivals. It received the "2007 Best Documentary" award at the Documentary and Fiction Festival of Hollywood.

Post UVM, Sanders studied at the Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting in New York. He has worked as an actor off-Broadway, in film, television, and commercials. In 2003, Sanders' career began to move toward journalism; he earned his master's degree in broadcast journalism from New York University in 2006. Documentary filmmaking runs in his family. Sanders' late father, Denis Sanders, earned the Academy Award for Best Short Subject in 1955 with A Time Out of War and Best Documentary in 1970 for Czechoslovakia 1968.

The screening of The Disappeared will take place at 5 p.m. on March 23 in L207 Lafayette Hall. The event, sponsored by the UVM History Department and Department of Student Life, is free and open to the public.

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