True Lives is a series from American Documentary, Inc., producer of PBS's acclaimed independent documentary series POV The series revisits classic films from the POV archive, as well as important documentaries never aired on public television, providing evergreen award-winning programs to the public television system. The third installment of True Lives will be distributed by the National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA).

Someone is killing the young women of Juárez, Mexico. Since 1993, over 400 young women have been raped and murdered in a chillingly consistent and brazen manner. Authorities ignore pleas for justice from the victims' families and the crimes go unpunished. Most disturbingly, evidence of government complicity remains ininvestigated as the killings continue to this day. Crafting a film that is both a poetic meditation and a mystery, Lourdes Portillo's Señorita Extraviada (which premiered on POV in 2002) is a haunting investigation into an unspeakable crime wave amid the disorders and corruption of one of the biggest border towns in the world.