First 100 Days Rally for Immigrant Rights
Back from the first half of my border trip, I spent a couple days in Tucson before heading out on the road again toward El Paso. While back in the old pueblo I went to a special rally thrown by the Tucson immigrant rights group Border Action Network.
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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