Arts & Culture

Cabeza de Vaca—Reincarnated as a Cactus

A newly available film tells the story of the borderlands' first conquistador from an unexpected point of view.

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Filmmaker Alex Rivera on his Cult Classic “Sleep Dealer”, and Creating a New Cinema for the Border

See Sleep Dealer at the Fox Theater in Tucson on October 15 with a panel, featuring Alex Rivera, and an audience Q&A afterward.

Wild Waters and Unfulfilled Promises

Photographer Eunice Adorno captures Mexico’s aging dams as “monuments to an idea of progress that never arrived."

Night Exposures

Photographer Marni Shindelman’s series Restore the Night Sky illuminates America’s hidden detention centers from an unexpected angle.

The Borderlands Are Not Flooded with Fentanyl: A Q&A with Dr. Melody Glenn, author of Mother of Methadone

“The fact that this is being used as justification to militarize the border has been shocking for me to watch."

The Mexicali Experimental Project: A Contemplative, Human-Scale Approach to Housing on the Border

In the 1970s, the Mexican state worked with an avant-garde architect to build unique homes for workers in Mexicali. Could this forgotten experiment hold answers for Mexico’s housing crisis today?

The Border Chronicle’s Fourth Annual Summer Reading List

We're taking a short break, but in the meantime we have a great summer reading list for you. Also, send your comments to CBP about new border wall. And stay cool!

From Seeking Asylum to a Life of Service: Dora Rodriguez on Her New Memoir “A Daughter of Unforgiving Terrain.”
How Artists Rethink the Border’s Water Crisis

Taking back the Rio Grande/Río Bravo as a river, not a border checkpoint.

“I Wish This Book Did Not Have This Title”: A Q&A with Alma Guillermoprieto about The Years of Blood

A frank and wise account of over 40 years of reporting from Latin America by one of its most seasoned journalists

Join us for our 5 Year Anniversary Party October 22nd  →

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