El mar la mar explained

Runtime:	94 minutes
Country:	United States

El mar la mar is a 2017 American documentary film directed by Joshua Bonnetta and J.P. Sniadecki.

Production

The directors became interested in the subject after meeting a border guard near the Sonoran Desert. They were influenced by Jason De León's book The Land of Open Graves, about the lives and deaths of migrants who cross through the desert.^[1]

Release

The film premiered on February 11, 2017, at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival,^[2] where it won the Caligari Film Prize.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: How to cross the US-Mexico border: making El Mar La Mar . Oltermann . Philip . February 15, 2017 . . July 6, 2022.
2. Web site: El mar la mar . . July 6, 2022.
3. Web site: Prizes of the Independent Juries . . July 6, 2022 . August 30, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170830235433/https://www.berlinale.de/en/das_festival/preise_und_juries/preise_unabh_ngigen_jurys/index.html . dead.