Border War: The Battle Over Illegal Immigration
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Border War: The Battle Over Illegal Immigration is a 2006 documentary film
, written, produced and directed by Kevin Knoblock. The film tells the stories of five people
whose lives have been affected by illegal immigration
along the U.S.-Mexico border. They are J.D. Hayworth, a Republican
congressman from Arizona
, Teri March, widow
of Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy
David March, who was murdered by an illegal immigrant in 2002, U.S. Border Patrol
agent Jose Maheda, illegal immigrant sympathizer Enrique Morones, and Lupe Moreno, a female Hispanic
member of the Minuteman Project
.
The film was shown theatrically on approximately 20 screens in the US in September and October 2006. The DVD is being distributed by Genius Products, a video and DVD distributor majority owned by The Weinstein Company.
The Los Angeles Times said: "As rhetoric, "Border War" is scattershot and anecdotal, featuring an awful lot of talking but surprisingly little for a viewer to latch onto besides a transmitted sense of general anxiety and outrage, and an insistence that an unspecified "something" must be done to solve this "problem."
Border War has won two awards at conservative
film festival
s: it was awarded Best Feature Film of 2006 at the Liberty Film Festival
and was voted Best Documentary of 2006 by American Film Renaissance
.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
, written, produced and directed by Kevin Knoblock. The film tells the stories of five people
People
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whose lives have been affected by illegal immigration
Illegal immigration
Illegal immigration is the migration into a nation in violation of the immigration laws of that jurisdiction. Illegal immigration raises many political, economical and social issues and has become a source of major controversy in developed countries and the more successful developing countries.In...
along the U.S.-Mexico border. They are J.D. Hayworth, a Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
congressman from Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
, Teri March, widow
Widow
A widow is a woman whose spouse has died, while a widower is a man whose spouse has died. The state of having lost one's spouse to death is termed widowhood or occasionally viduity. The adjective form is widowed...
of Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is a local county law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. It is the fourth largest local policing agency in the United States, with the New York City Police Department being the first. The second largest is the Chicago Police...
David March, who was murdered by an illegal immigrant in 2002, U.S. Border Patrol
United States Border Patrol
The United States Border Patrol is a federal law enforcement agency within U.S. Customs and Border Protection , a component of the Department of Homeland Security . It is an agency in the Department of Homeland Security that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to...
agent Jose Maheda, illegal immigrant sympathizer Enrique Morones, and Lupe Moreno, a female Hispanic
Hispanic
Hispanic is a term that originally denoted a relationship to Hispania, which is to say the Iberian Peninsula: Andorra, Gibraltar, Portugal and Spain. During the Modern Era, Hispanic sometimes takes on a more limited meaning, particularly in the United States, where the term means a person of ...
member of the Minuteman Project
The Minuteman Project Inc.
The Minuteman Project is an activist organization started in April 2005 by a group of private individuals in the United States to monitor the United States – Mexico border's flow of illegal immigrants. Co-founded by Jim Gilchrist, the name derives from the Minutemen, militiamen who fought in the...
.
The film was shown theatrically on approximately 20 screens in the US in September and October 2006. The DVD is being distributed by Genius Products, a video and DVD distributor majority owned by The Weinstein Company.
The Los Angeles Times said: "As rhetoric, "Border War" is scattershot and anecdotal, featuring an awful lot of talking but surprisingly little for a viewer to latch onto besides a transmitted sense of general anxiety and outrage, and an insistence that an unspecified "something" must be done to solve this "problem."
Border War has won two awards at conservative
Conservatism
Conservatism is a political and social philosophy that promotes the maintenance of traditional institutions and supports, at the most, minimal and gradual change in society. Some conservatives seek to preserve things as they are, emphasizing stability and continuity, while others oppose modernism...
film festival
Film festival
A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
s: it was awarded Best Feature Film of 2006 at the Liberty Film Festival
Liberty Film Festival
Founded in July of 2004 by American independent filmmakers Jason Apuzzo and Govindini Murty, the Liberty Film Festival took place primarily in West Hollywood, CA and was active between 2004 and 2008. The LFF screened over 80 films, of which approximately fifty were premieres and thirty achieved...
and was voted Best Documentary of 2006 by American Film Renaissance
American Film Renaissance
American Film Renaissance is a non-profit film institute best known for its conservative film festivals, held annually in a different location.-Mission:...
.
External links
- Official Site
- Director's Site
- Border War review: "The director fails to take control in this right-wing documentary on immigration." Los Angeles Times, Sept 1 2006
- "Border documentary cheered at S.D. screening" (San Diego Union-Tribune)