Dispatch from Eagle Pass, Texas: Local Filmmakers Confront the Militarization of Their Hometown

"The floating barrier is horrific. Texas needs to do better, and the U.S. government needs to do better. Both governments have failed us."

A scene from In El Between during the annual 4th of July celebration at Shelby Park in 2018. Residents try to keep flags from blowing into the Rio Grande during a windstorm.

For more than two years, Texas governor Greg Abbott has been converting the small town of Eagle Pass into a militarized zone, lining the banks of the Rio Grande with razor wire, shi…