1917, the town of Bisbee, Arizona. Armed with the support of local mining companies, a sheriff muscled a group of 1200 striking immigrant workers into the New Mexico desert, a cruel deportation that has never been fully reconciled by the families it affected.
Cut to the present day, and director Robert Greene takes us back to Bisbee to focus on its current residents and their lives, blending the present day and recreations of the 1917 event to form a haunting work of cinema. As the recreations of the Bisbee Deportation come to life through song and dance on the centennial anniversary of that fateful day we discover that the ghosts of the past may be gone—or in hiding—but they are not forgotten.
Director Biography
Robert Greene is an American filmmaker, director and writer. In 2014, the Independent hailed him as one the “10 Filmmakers to Watch” and he has since produced a range of awarding-winning films, including Actress (’14), Killing Them Safely (’15) and Kate Plays Christine (’16).
Press
"A bracing documentary that blends fiction and reality in ways that both complicate and enhance the material's core themes." - Variety
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