River and the Wall

Winner
Louis Black/Lone Star Award
South by Southwest
Visually stunning and politically sharp.

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The River and the Wall

Three Texans, a New York ornithologist, and a Brazilian immigrant embark on a 1,200 mile mountain bike, horse, and canoe journey down the Rio Grande to document the US-Mexico border before construction of a border wall and to explore its impacts on immigration, public lands, wildlife, landowners, and border security.

Directed by Ben Masters (
Unbranded) and produced by Hillary Pierce (Tower), the SXSW award-winning documentary takes audiences on an unforgettable, hilarious, and gorgeous adventure down one of the most controversial, and often misunderstood, regions in the world: The U.S.-Mexico border.

During the three month journey, the team meets with R-Congressman Will Hurd, former D-Congressman Beto O'Rourke, immigrants, border patrol agents, wildlife biologists, ranchers, farmers, and folks on both sides of the border to see for themselves where a physical border wall would actually go and what effects it would have.
Not Rated
Genre
Documentary, Adventure, Politics & World Affairs
Runtime
109
Language
English
Director
Ben Masters
Awards:
Winner, Louis Black/Lone Star Award, South by Southwest
FEATURED REVIEW
Roger Moore, Movie Nation

“The River and the Wall” is about a 1200 mile journey from El Paso to the Gulf of Mexico along the Rio Grande, a trip made on foot, bicycle, horseback and canoe by five friends with a support crew. The idea, Texan wildlife filmmaker Ben Masters says, was to explore an area he’s been hearing about as ...

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