Official Selection MountainFilm 2021

Águilas

Year
2021
Country
USA
Duration:
14 mins

Overview

Migrants from Central and South America cross the Mexico/United States border in search of a better life, but often, amidst rising political repression and cartel violence, and the eternal difficulties of travel in the Sonoran Desert, they meet a different fate. In the scorching and desolate landscape of the southern desert border in Arizona, it is estimated that for every migrant body found, there are another five that the desert will never give back. The volunteers of Aguilas del Desierto set out to find the remains for loved ones, fielding phone calls and receiving messages by word of mouth. They trek through the desert not in the hopes of recovering lives, but to help honor those that are lost.


Colorado Premiere

Production Team

Directors
Maite Zubiaurre
Kristy Guevara-Flanagan
Producers
Kristy Guevara-Flanagan
Maite Zubiaurre

Film Contact

Festival Screenings

Featured in the 2021 Mountainfilm Festival.
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