The News on the Line "Transition in the Borderlands" series continues with another segment:
Showdown At The Rio Bosque
This is the story of the first and so far only act of civil disobedience committed to stop construction of the border wall, in El Paso, Texas.
Bio
A filmmaker, videojournalist, activist, and artist, Steev is based in Tucson, Arizona. He has been reporting on various aspects of the borderlands since 2004, including a documentary about the murdered women of Ciudad Juarez, "On The Edge," and a recent video made for the Sierra Club on the ecological effects of the border wall, "Wild Versus Wall."
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leaving bisbee to come back to Tucson. whew.
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done in Naco, Sonora - a group of migrants who came into the center agreed to talk on camera! great stuff!
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in Naco at the Migrant Center.
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Heading to JustCoffee roastery
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Heading to Douglas again to the Mexican Consulate
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trying to arrange some interviews and shoots today/tmw. perhaps Humane Borders doing water run tomrw morn.
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catching up on email at the Bisbee Coffee Company.
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In Douglas,going 2 cross into Agua Prieta and visit migrant center there in a minute
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Just shot a brief bit in Columbus, NM
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Shooting broll at Anapra, U.S. side
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Getting ready to visit Casa Puente and hopefully do an interview or 2 there. http://projectpuente.org
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got some good sunset footage from Scenic Drive, looking over El Paos and Juarez. the border stands out like a lit-up sore thumb.
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Heading downriver a bit 2 fort hawkins where there is wall, i hear
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Done at rio bosqe, trying 2 find lunch in el paso.
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have arrived in El Paso. ready to go see wall construction at Rio Bosque tomorrow morning.
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In Deming, NM.
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just about to leave for El Paso. it is drizzling in Tucson.
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spreading the word about the newsontheline.tv site
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planning interviews in El Paso tomorrow.
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just added more text msgs to my phone plan so i can keep tweeting out in the field during this long border project.
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just finished first rough video for "Transition in the Borderlands" project. will upload tomorrow morning.
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editing a rough cut of some footage from my trip to San Diego
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just got back from covering a day-after-inauguration demo/rally at McCain's office, put on by Border Action Network.
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updating the Platial map of my border trip.
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feeling happy to be back in Tucson.
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At Imperial Dunes Rec Area
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Back from Mexicali
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Waiting at the port in calexico 4 my interviewee 2 come thru frm Mexicali
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Heading 2 Calexico 2 do interviews
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Getting dressed and watching obama?s limo on tv
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Am in El Centro, having trouble getting on the interweb
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Finally on highway to El Centro
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Lost in san diego
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finally done with News On The Line site tweaks and a new blog post about yesterday.
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still working on News On The Line site. so many things to twiddle with on a new Drupal site.
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embedding my new Platial borderlands trip map on my new border news site, http://newsontheline.tv
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trying to use Platial to make a map of my borderlands trip.
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Safely out of Friendship park, no problems with la migra.
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trying to figure out my schedule
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awake already in sunny california.
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Looking at art at the Enero Zapatista event in san diego
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(In el Centro)
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At border patrol chekpt w of yuma
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Stopped in yuma for food and gas
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Getting on the road 2 san diego.
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