Forensic Architecture Trailers
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Most Popular Forensic Architecture Trailers
Total trailers found: 63
Triple-Chaser Trailer (2019)
17 May 2019
When US border agents fired tear gas grenades at civilians in November 2018, photographs showed that many of those grenades were manufactured by the Safariland Group, one of the world’s major manufacturers of so-called ‘less-lethal munitions’.
No Traces of Life Trailer (2024)
29 March 2024
Building on Forensic Architecture’s previous investigation into herbicidal warfare and its effects on Palestinian farmers along the eastern perimeter of the occupied Gaza Strip, this investigation marks Land Day in Palestine by examining the systematic targeting of orchards and greenhouses by Israeli forces since October 2023.
The Hanau Terror Attack: The Emergency Exit Trailer (2021)
20 December 2021
On 19 February 2020 in Hanau, Germany, nine people were murdered in a racist terror attack. The victims were Said Nesar Hashemi, Sedat Gürbüz, Gökhan Gültekin, Mercedes Kierpacz, Hamza Kurtović, Vili Viorel Păun, Fatih Saraçoğlu, Ferhat Unvar, and Kaloyan Velkov.
The Murder of June Knightly Trailer (2024)
19 February 2024
On 19 February 2022, June Knightly and other members of an anti-fascist affinity group in Portland, Oregon were attacked by a right-wing extremist.
Shipwreck at the Threshold of Europe, Lesvos, Aegean Sea: 28 October 2015 Trailer (2020)
01 February 2020
On 28 October 2015, a migrant boat left the coast of Western Turkey heading to the closest European coast – the Greek island of Lesvos.
Cajas Negras Trailer (2021)
12 October 2021
On 6 November 1985, a guerrilla group known as M19 stormed the Palace of Justice in Bogotá, taking state officials and members of the Colombian Supreme Court hostage.
The Killing of Muhammad Gulzar Trailer (2020)
08 May 2020
On 27 February 2020, the Turkish government opened its borders with Greece in an attempt to exert political pressure on the EU over Syria.
Nakba Day Killings Trailer (2014)
20 November 2014
Every year on 15 May, acts of memorialization and resistance take place throughout Palestine to commemorate the Nakba catastrophe of 1948, when Palestinian people were violently displaced from the land that subsequently became Israel.
The Killing of Muhammad al-Arab Trailer (2020)
03 July 2020
Following the EU-Turkey agreement of March 2016, Turkey had contained inside its territory refugees and migrants trying to reach Greece and the EU.
Herbicidal Warfare in Gaza Trailer (2019)
19 July 2019
Since 2014, the clearing and bulldozing of agricultural and residential lands by the Israel military close to the eastern border of Gaza has been complemented by the unannounced aerial spraying of crop-killing herbicides.
77sqm_9:26min Trailer (2017)
30 December 2017
On April 6, 2006, Halit Yozgat was murdered by the National Socialist Underground at an Internet café in Kassel.
The Seizure of the Iuventa Trailer (2018)
20 April 2018
The Iuventa has rescued over ten thousand people from the Mediterranean since it began operating in 2016.
Airstrikes in Atimah Trailer (2016)
16 February 2016
On 8 March 2015, three bombs landed near the Turkey-Syria border, between the town of Atimah, Syria and a nearby internally displaced persons (IDP) camp, where more than thirty thousand civilians were sheltered.
The Killing of Tahir Elçi Trailer (2019)
08 February 2019
On 28 November 2015, Tahir Elçi, a prominent Kurdish human rights lawyer, was shot and killed during a press conference in the city of Diyarbakır, Turkey.
Model Zoo Trailer (2021)
09 September 2021
Since 2018, Forensic Architecture has been working with ‘synthetic images’-photorealistic digital renderings of 3D models-to train machine learning classifiers.
Sea Watch vs the Libyan Coast Guard Trailer (2018)
04 May 2018
On 6 November 2017, a rescue vessel operated by the NGO Sea Watch (SW) and a patrol vessel of the Libyan coastguard were both en route towards a migrants’ boat, in distress in international waters.
Genocide in the Ixil Triangle Trailer (2014)
02 January 2014
Between 1960 and 1996, Guatemala was consumed by conflict between an increasingly militarized state and a widespread rural insurgency.
Living Archaeology Trailer (2022)
23 February 2022
Along the coastline of the Gaza Strip, beneath layers of rubble, lies one of Palestine’s hidden treasures and one of the region’s most important archaeological sites.
Executions and Mass Graves in Tantura Trailer (2023)
24 May 2023
Commissioned by Adalah Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, this investigation reveals new evidence about massacres conducted in the Palestinian village of Tantura by Israeli forces after its occupation on 22-23 May 1948 and subsequent depopulation.
Destruction and Return in al-Araqib Trailer (2016)
27 June 2016
The village of al-Araqib in the northern Naqab desert has been demolished over 170 times over the past sixty years.
The Killing of Zineb Redouane Trailer (2020)
03 November 2020
On 1 December 2018, on the margins of a gilets jaunes protest in Marseille, 80-year-old Zineb Redouane was struck in the face by a tear gas grenade as she was standing at the window of her fourth-floor apartment.
Drone Strikes on a Jirga in Datta Khel Trailer (2013)
25 October 2013
On the morning of 16 March 2011, a jirga was convened at Datta Khel in North Waziristan, to debate the ownership of a local chromite mine.
Airstrikes on the al-Jinah mosque Trailer (2017)
17 April 2017
On the evening of 16 March 2017, a US drone strike targeted Sayidina Omar Ibn al-Khattab Mosque in al-Jinah, in Aleppo province, Syria.
The Enforced disappearance of the 43 Ayotzinapa Students Trailer (2017)
26 September 2017
On the night of the 26-27 September 2014, a group of students and activists from the Rural Normal School of Ayotzinapa were attacked in the town of Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico.
Standoff in El Junquito Trailer (2018)
18 May 2018
On Monday 15 January 2018, Venezuelan security forces raided a house on the outskirts of El Junquito, 20 kilometers west of Caracas.
Cloud Studies Trailer (2021)
07 July 2021
Clouds are always double. Seen from the outside they are measurable objects, seen from within they are experiential conditions of optical blur and atmospheric obscurity.
The Shelling of Khudair Warehouse Trailer (2022)
28 May 2022
On the evening of 15 May 2021—the 73rd anniversary of al-Nakba and during Israel’s latest military attack on Gaza—the Israeli occupation forces bombed the Khudair Pharmaceuticals and Agricultural Tools Company in Beit Lahiya, the largest agricultural chemical warehouse in Gaza.
Russian Strike on Kyiv TV Tower Trailer (2022)
10 June 2022
On 1 March 2022, Russia launched a missile strike on the Kyiv TV tower. The missiles targeting the TV tower landed on the territory known as Babyn Yar, the site of one of the worst massacres of the Holocaust.
Killing of Zak Kostopoulos: the Man in the Yellow Shirt Trailer (2019)
09 April 2019
On Friday 21 September 2018, Zak Kostopoulos, a young LGBTQ activist, was brutally beaten to death, in broad daylight, on a busy pedestrian street near Omonia square, in central Athens.
Ecocide in Indonesia Trailer (2017)
17 March 2017
In 2015, fires in the Indonesian territories of Kalimantan and Sumatra consumed over twenty-one thousand square kilometres of forest and peat lands.
Drone Strike in Mir Ali Trailer (2013)
16 April 2013
On 4 October 2010, a home on the outskirts of Mir Ali, North Waziristan, was struck by several missiles.
Airstrikes on M2 Hospital Trailer (2017)
13 February 2017
Omar Bin Abdul Aziz Hospital, also known as M2, was subject to fourteen strikes by the Syrian military or its allies between June and December 2016, according to the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS).
Gold Mining and Violence in the Amazon Rainforest Trailer (2022)
06 September 2022
Since Jair Bolsonaro assumed the presidency of Brazil in 2019, vast tracts of the Amazon rainforest and the indigenous communities that live in and care for it have been subjected to increasing violence and a rapid increase in illegal gold mining, encouraged by his administration's rhetoric and policies.
Killing in Umm al-Hiran Trailer (2019)
03 June 2019
Shortly before dawn on 18 January 2017, police raided the Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran, in the northern Naqab/Negev desert.
The Killing of Mark Duggan Trailer (2020)
09 June 2020
On 4 August 2011, Mark Duggan was shot to death by police in Tottenham, north London, after undercover officers forced the minicab in which he was travelling to pull over.
Dispossession and the Memory of the Earth: Land Dispossession in Nueva Colonia Trailer (2021)
10 December 2021
The region, on Colombia’s northwestern Caribbean coast, is the heartland of the country’s banana industry.
The Murder of Pavlos Fyssas Trailer (2018)
21 September 2018
Shortly after midnight on 18 September 2013, Pavlos Fyssas, a young Greek anti-fascist rapper, was murdered in Athens, in his home neighbourhood of Keratsini.
The Use of White Phosphorus in Urban Environments Trailer (2012)
12 November 2012
We examined videos from the 2008–2009 Gaza conflict, and from Fallujah, Iraq, where US forces had deployed against the Iraqi army in white phosphorus in 2004.
Tear gas in Plaza de la Dignidad, Chile Trailer (2020)
05 March 2020
On December 20, 2019, Chilean security forces used unprecedented amounts of tear gas within a relatively small area against people participating in a peaceful and unarmed demonstration.
Chlorine Attacks in Douma, Syria 7 April 2018 Trailer (2018)
18 July 2018
On 7 April 2018, the city of Douma, Syria, was targeted by two chemical weapons attacks. At that time, the city and its surrounding areas had been under siege by the Syrian military since 2013.
Oil and Gas Pollution in Vaca Muerta Trailer (2019)
14 October 2019
Vaca Muerta, Argentina, is one of the world's largest shale oil and gas deposits, that deposit is also home to the indigenous Mapuche people.
'Tear Gas Tuesday' in Downtown Portland Trailer (2023)
17 April 2023
On 2 June 2020, the PPB deployed large amounts of tear gas in an attempt to force protestors to withdraw from the streets and squares of downtown Portland, unleashing a highly toxic cloud of airborne chemicals onto the same citizens it was tasked with protecting.
Israel’s Ecocide in Gaza: 2023-2024 Trailer (2024)
26 March 2024
Since 2014, Palestinian farmers along Gaza’s perimeter have seen their crops sprayed by airborne herbicides and regularly bulldozed, and have themselves faced sniper fire by the Israeli occupation forces.
Return to al-Ma’in Trailer (2025)
14 May 2025
Return to al-Ma’in chronicles the multiyear collaboration between Forensic Architecture (FA) and Palestinian historian and Nakba survivor Salman Abu Sitta on the reconstruction of his birthplace, the lost village of Ma’in Abu Sitta (or al-Ma’in).
The Battle of Ilovaisk: Verifying Russian Military Presence in Ukraine Trailer (2019)
19 August 2019
In late summer of 2014, the Ukrainian Armed Forces battled pro-Russian separatists for control of the town of Ilovaisk, in the border region of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine.
If toxic air is a monument to slavery, how do we take it down? Trailer (2021)
01 July 2021
A stretch of the Mississippi River once called "Plantation Country" is now the "Petrochemical Corridor", known to those who breathe its toxic air as "Death Valley".
The Killing of Dilan Cruz Trailer (2023)
06 September 2023
On 23 November 2019, during some of largest anti-government demonstrations in Colombia for decades, 18-year-old protester Dilan Cruz was shot in Bogotá by an officer of the Colombian national riot police unit, Escuadrón Móvil Antidisturbios (ESMAD).
The Last Responders Trailer (2026)
22 March 2026
On 23 March 2025 in Tel al-Sultan, Gaza, Israeli forces massacred fifteen Palestinian aid workers travelling in clearly marked humanitarian vehicles, later burying their bodies and vehicles in a shallow mass grave.
The Killing of Bassem Abu Rahma Trailer (2010)
28 March 2010
On 17 April 2009, near the village of Bil’in, Bassem Abu Rahma was shot and killed by a tear-gas canister fired across the fence of the barrier wall that surrounds the West Bank.
The Beirut Port Explosion: The Welders Trailer (2023)
13 February 2023
The August 2020 explosion in the port of Beirut—understood to be one of the biggest non-nuclear explosions in recorded history—killed over 200 people and injured over 6,500, while devastating large parts of the city.
Lethal Warning: The Killing of Luai Kahil and Amir a-Nimrah Trailer (2018)
01 March 2018
On July 14 2018, in Gaza City, in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, two Palestinian teenagers climbed onto the rooftop of the al-Katibah building.
Rafah: al Tannur Neighbourhood Strike Methodology Trailer (2015)
31 July 2015
Amnesty International and Forensic Architecture (FA) were denied entry into the Gaza strip, and as such our investigation into the bombardment of Rafah relied on thousands of images and videos shared online, or sent directly to FA, by citizens and journalists.
Environmental Racism in Death Alley, Louisiana Trailer (2021)
28 June 2021
A stretch of the Mississippi River once called "Plantation Country" is now the "Petrochemical corridor", known to those who breathe its toxic air ad "Death Valley".
The Beirut Port Explosion Trailer (2020)
17 November 2020
Shortly after 6:00pm on 4 August 2020, an explosion ripped through the port of Beirut. It killed more than two hundred people, wounded over 6,500, and destroyed large parts of the city.
'When It Stopped Being A War': The Situated Testimony of Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah Trailer (2024)
17 October 2024
On 17 October 2023, a devastating explosion took place in the car park of al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City.
Torture in Saydnaya Prison Trailer (2016)
16 August 2016
Syria’s Saydnaya Prison is also known as “the slaughterhouse.” Stories of systematic torture and executions have been trickling out for years, but there are no images of the interior.
Knock on the Roof: Drone Strike in Beit Lahiya Trailer (2014)
11 March 2014
In the early hours of 9 January 2009, a missile struck the Salha family’s home in Beit Lahiya, Gaza.
A City Within a Building: Mariupol Drama Theater Trailer (2023)
16 March 2023
Before it was destroyed by a Russian airstrike, the Mariupol Theater was a key refuge in the besieged city, a unique site of solidarity and resistance.
The Bombing of Rafah Trailer (2015)
01 January 2015
Rafah, a city on the border between Gaza and Egypt, became the target of four days of bombing after the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier on August 1, 2014.
Chemical Fire At Marathon Refinery Trailer (2024)
09 September 2024
When a leaking petrochemical tank at the Marathon Petroleum refinery in Louisiana's 'Cancer Alley' caught fire, it produced a thick plume of toxic smoke that spread for miles over neighbouring communities.
