Bisbee '17
“The past is present.”
It’s 2017 in Bisbee, Arizona, an old copper-mining town just miles from the Mexican border. The town’s close-knit community prepares to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Bisbee’s darkest hour: the infamous Bisbee Deportation of 1917, during which 1,200 striking miners were violently taken from their homes, banished to the middle of the desert, and left to die. Townspeople confront this violent, misunderstood past by staging dramatic recreations of the escalating strike. These dramatized scenes are based on subjective versions of the story and “directed,” in a sense, by residents with conflicting views of the event. Deeply personal segments torn from family history build toward a massive restaging of the deportation itself on the exact day of its 100th anniversary.
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Robert Greene Director · Jarred Alterman Cinematographer
United States release September 5, 2018 · Produced in United States · Languages English, Spanish
Production
Impact Partners
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Concordia Studio
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Doc Society
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
United States · January 20, 2018
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
United States · September 5, 2018
Theatrical
United States
July 15, 2019 · TV · Television premiere, PBS
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