Border Films at the 2021 Arizona International Film Festival

267 South Avenida del Convento,Tucson AZ 85745

20 April, 2021

Description

Under the open skies of Tucson, two poignant border documentaries about the immigration crisis and loss of life crossing the border. Missing in Brooks County follows the stories of two families searching for their loved ones who went missing in the fields of Brooks County, Texas. A gripping drama, it is also a deeply humane portrait of the human rights workers, activists, and law enforcement agents who confront the life-and-death consequences of a broken immigration system. (Lisa Molomot & Jeff Bemiss, USA, 2020, 81 min) andThe Marker tells the story of artist Alvaro Enciso has been placing homemade crosses in the desert, leaving a signpost that a human being lost their life in this place.(Katie Green & Will Francome, USA, 2020, 13 min)