Argentina's darkest museum secret: they kept humans as 'science.'
The natural sciences museum of La Plata, Argentina, had indigenous people held captive as study objects in the past, and their skeletons were on exhibit for many decades. The story of Krygi, served as a trigger to look back at the ideologies that defined us as individuals and as a people.
Direction
Sosa lets empty museum halls scream louder than any narrator could.
Editing
Brutal juxtaposition of colonial 'science' photos with modern indigenous voices.
Director
Adriana Sosa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The La Plata Museum's human zoo wasn't unique—similar exhibits existed in Brussels, Paris, and St. Louis, but Argentina's silence lasted decades longer.
Director Adriana Sosa spent three years negotiating access to archives the museum initially claimed didn't exist.
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