Just how easy is it to disappear and take on a false identity? This film sets out to find out. <br/> An advertisement is placed in a national publication Loot. “Do you want to disappear? Wipe the slate clean? Cover your tracks?” Thousands of people reply. One volunteer, Will, is chosen and followed, on camera, in his attempts to change his identity. In this age of security cameras, databases and identity cards the process turns out to be surprisingly easy. <br/> Within days, Will has obtained the birth certificate of a dead man and become Martin. Soon he has a degree, bank account and even a passport. Good ’n’ Goneshows clearly how, and why, people disappear. “
Just how easy is it to disappear and take on a false identity? This film sets out to find out.
An advertisement is placed in a national publication Loot. “Do you want to disappear? Wipe the slate clean? Cover your tracks?” Thousands of people reply. One volunteer, Will, is chosen and followed, on camera, in his attempts to change his identity. In this age of security cameras, databases and identity cards the process turns out to be surprisingly easy.
Within days, Will has obtained the birth certificate of a dead man and become Martin. Soon he has a degree, bank account and even a passport. Good ’n’ Goneshows clearly how, and why, people disappear.
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