• Borderland Blues

    Borderland Blues



  • Borderland Blues

    Borderland Blues



  • Borderland Blues

    Borderland Blues



  • Borderland Blues

    Borderland Blues



  • Borderland Blues

    Borderland Blues



Borderland Blues

by Gudrun Gruber

Borderland Blues

Germany | 2016 | 73:00 min

Content Categories

Documentary
Synopsis
The US-Mexican border area, Arizona. The Frontier or La Frontera has always been seen as a symbol of freedom on the horizon of the American West and has always been subject to burgeoninng territorial battles. The hilly landscape of the Sonora Desert has not come to rest even today. Every year, the remains of hundreds of migrants are salvaged between the cactus forests and steppes. The advancement of new technology in border security has its effects far inland, and the people live between surveillance systems, fear of terrorism, and the already over 1,100 kilometer long borderfence – and the construction continues. The tense situation in the border area has long divided the inhabitants into two camps: the one demands more border security, the other more humanitary help.
But what is the right direction? And does more security technology actually bring more security – or more deaths? This documentary film portrays life on the geographic edge of the United States, from the perspective of the desert dwellers. It accompanies locals, NGOs and paramilitaries on their ways through the border area and offers insight into the world’s largest trade fair for border security technology and industry, the Border Security Expo in Phoenix, Arizona. (HOF)
Festivals/Awards
2016
This Human World
IFF Hof
FF Zurich
Kassel Filmfest
2017
Nonfictionale, Germany
2019
Nonfictionale, Germany
Cast and Crew
  • Director Gudrun Gruber
  • Director of Photography Bernd Effenberger
  • Line producer Ferdinand Freising
  • Editor Gaby Kull-Neujahr
  • Sound Design Jörg Elsner
  • Score Dominik Giesriegl
Original Languages

English

Production Company
NeoSolaris Filmproduktion
Kaufbeuren
mail@neosolaris.de
http://neosolaris.de
Co-Production Company
HFF München (Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film)
Germany
www.hff-muenchen.de
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