September 17, 2007
For Immediate Release
Documentary Filmmaker
Rachel Antell to Host Screening of “Death On A Friendly
Border” at Cañada College Main Theater on Oct.
4
Contact: Robert
Hood, (650) 306-334
REDWOOD CITY, CA – Since the mid-1990s when the United
States began militarizing its southern border, an average of
one person a day has died crossing into the country. Documentary
filmmaker Rachel Antell puts a human face on the situation in
“Death On A Friendly Border”.
Antell will introduce the film and moderate a question and
answer session immediately following a special screening at
the Cañada College Main Theater, 4200 Farm Hill Blvd.,
Redwood City at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 4. The screening
is part of the United Nations Association Traveling Film Festival
and is free and open to the public.
The story focuses on one woman’s journey from her village
in Mexico into the U.S. desert with her 18-month-old baby. Antell
interviews migrants, border patrol agents, and activists for
whom the militarization of the border has become the governing
reality of their lives.
The film has been shown at several festivals and on KQED-TV.
For more information, contact Dave Patterson at 650-306-3476
or pattersond@smccd.edu.
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For more information, contact Robert Hood, Director
of Marketing and Public Relations, at hoodr@smccd.edu or 306-3340
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