Border Studies
Belfast Girls A film by Malin Andersson, 2006, 58 min., Color BELFAST GIRLS is a quiet, powerful story of two young women growing up in a city where neighbors are cut off from each other by permanent concrete and...
The Desert Is No Lady A film by Shelley Williams in collaboration with Susan Palmer, 1995, 45 min., Color With provocative imagery and spirited juxtapositions, THE DESERT IS NO LADY looks at the Southwest through the eyes of its leading contemporary women ...
Escuela A documentary by Hannah Weyer, 2002, 53 min., Color There are over 800,000 students enrolled in migrant education programs in the United States and, of those, only 45-50% ever finish high school. ESCUEL...
Europlex A film by Ursula Biemann and Angela Sanders, 2003, 20 min., Color The fourth in Ursula Biemann's critically acclaimed series of video essays that investigates migration across borders, EUROPLEX, a collaboration with ...
Everyone Their Grain of Sand A film by Beth Bird, 2005, 87 min., Color This award-winning documentary reveals the struggles of the citizens of Maclovio Rojas in Tijuana, Mexico as they battle the state government’s attemp...
Finding Dawn A film by Christine Welsh, 2006, 73 min., Color FINDING DAWN puts a human face on a tragedy that has received precious little attention – and one which is surprisingly similar to the situation in Ci...
From Here, From This Side A film by Gloria Ribe, 1988, 24 min., Color The relationship between Mexico and its rich neighbor to the north has always been ambiguous. Using mostly stock footage, this collage-like documentar...
La Boda A film by Hannah Weyer, 2000, 53 min., Color In an intimate portrait of migrant life along the U.S.-Mexican border, Hannah Weyer’s new film LA BODA delves into the challenges faced by a community...
Maria in Nobody's Land A film by Marcela Zamora Chamorro, 2010, 86 min., Color MARIA IN NOBODY’S LAND is an unprecedented and intimate look at the illegal and extremely dangerous journey of three Salvadoran women to the United St...
The Peacekeepers and the Women A film by Karin Jurschick, 2003, 80 min., Color Winner of the Arte-Documentary Award for Best German Documentary, this chilling investigation examines the booming sex-trafficking industry in Bosnia ...
Performing the Border A film by Ursula Biemann, 1999, 42 min., Color A video essay set in the Mexican-U.S. border town of Ciudad Juarez, where U.S. multinational corporations assemble electronic and digital equipment j...
Remote Sensing A film by Ursula Biemann, 2001, 53 min., Color In Biemann’s latest video, she traces the routes and reasons of women who travel across the globe for work in the sex industry. By using the latest i...
Señorita Extraviada, Missing Young Woman A film by Lourdes Portillo, 2001, 74 min., Color SENORITA EXTRAVIADA, MISSING YOUNG WOMAN tells the haunting story of the more than 350 kidnapped, raped and murdered young women of Juárez, Mexico. Vi...
Tiger Spirit A film by Min Sook Lee, 2008, 78 min., Color Korea is a divided nation. Millions of families were split apart in the 1950s when war broke out between the Soviet-occupied North and the American-co...
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