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Update on missing Jalisco man, On the Lot, 'Meadowland'
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Oct 19, 2015
Listen • 47:43
Update on missing Jalisco man, On the Lot, 'Meadowland'

Two years since Javier Cisneros went missing in Jalisco, the latest in Hollywood business news, the director of 'Meadowland.'

Nansi Cisneros holds a picture of her younger brother, Javier, who went missing in Jalisco in October 2013. Authorities in Mexico say an investigation is still ongoing.
Nansi Cisneros holds a picture of her younger brother, Javier, who went missing in Jalisco in October 2013. Authorities in Mexico say an investigation is still ongoing.
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Two years since Javier Cisneros went missing in Jalisco, the latest in Hollywood business news, the director of 'Meadowland.'

For Los Angeles families, search for Mexico's missing is strained by distance
Listen • 7:53
Despite the deep stigma against speaking out in the midst of powerful drug violence and government corruption, families in LA are starting to name the missing.
Hillary Clinton's press corps is overwhelmingly female. Does it make a difference?
Listen • 8:55
At least 18 national media outlets have female reporters on the Hillary Clinton beat. That's quite a rarity when it comes to candidate coverage.
'El Chapo' evades capture again in Mexico
Listen • 6:23
Mexican officials reportedly had Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán cornered in a remote mountain hideout, but he managed to evade capture, again.
'Meadowland' explores parental grief over the loss of a child
Listen • 9:12
The new film 'Meadowland' explores the different responses of two parents whose child is kidnapped.
On The Lot: 'Beasts of No Nation' could show that theatrical releases are a thing of the past
Listen • 10:36
Every week Rebecca Keegan joins us for a discussion of the most interesting stuff happening in the film business in a segment that we call On The Lot.