Crossing Columbus (World Premiere)

127 East Congress Street,Tucson AZ 85701

02 October, 2021

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Tucson Film & Music Festival 2021 Centerpiece Film! World Premiere!! Q&A with director Cathy Lee Crane and music composer Beth Custer! Tucson Film & Music Festival 2021 Centerpiece Film!  World Premiere!!History haunts the border town of Columbus, N.M. as every year Mexican riders on horseback travel hundreds of miles to commemorate Pancho Villa’s 1916 raid on the town, which left 10 civilians, eight 13th Cavalry soldiers, and more than 100 Villistas dead. This annual event is heralded as promoting friendship between the US and Mexico but on both sides of the border tensions run the gamut. As the townspeople grapple with the historical event that shapes Columbus’s very identity, the tale of Crossing Columbus emerges in the week leading up to the event with bilingual stories from both sides of the border. Q&A with director Cathy Lee Crane and music composer Beth Custer! Crossing Columbus (World Premiere)Directed by Cathy Lee Crane polyvinyl films USA/2021/78 min www.crossingcolumbus.com The Tucson Film & Music Festival (aka TFMF or Tucson Film Festival ) is part of an Arizona non-profit organization dedicated to creating community through cinema, theater and documentary filmmaking. The festival is an annual, multi-day event in Tucson, Arizona, showcasing music-related films with a special nod to films and filmmakers with a connection to Arizona or the desert southwest. TFMF screens at multiple venues around downtown Tucson including; The Loft Cinema, The Screening Room and The Rialto Theatre. All films are regional or world premieres and feature Q&As with filmmakers and talent from the films!  For more on the festival, please visit: http://tucsonfilmandmusicfestival.com