Border Stories Film Project

I share with you an e-mail we received telling us about an exciting project filming border stories.  I visited the website and viewed some of the videos, some of which I plan to use when I teach my immigration class.

Hello,

Two colleagues and myself have recently completed a trip along all 2000 miles of the U.S.- Mexico border compiling a series of video shorts aimed at deepening understanding of the border region and its complex challenges.  The result is an ongoing web-based video documentary called Border Stories.  Each video (approximately 5 minutes each) focuses closely on one issue at a time, with the story told only through the use of one or two interview subjects.  We do not use music unless it is part of the story, we do not use voice over to provide further context, and there is no crosscutting between subjects of opposing viewpoints.  It is our hope to create a mosaic with each of these stories, one that will be an honest, rational, and fair portrayal of the highly politicized subject that is the border.

That said, we are currently reaching out to media organizations and publications to help us get our stories to a wider audience.  We recently had a write-up in the Tucson Weekly that may give you a better sense of what we're about, our about page also touches on the subject.   
 
We are open to any ideas you have about how our websites can collaborate, any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for your time,
Ben Fundis

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ben@borderstories.org
www.borderstories.org

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