The United States’ border with Mexico is nearly 2000 miles long and is blocked by numerous natural and man-made barriers. Photographer and filmmaker Charles Ommanney journeyed along the border and met the residents, border patrol agents, and immigrants who pass back and forth across it every day. As debates over immigration reform heat up in the US, this film examines the intimate effects of The Fence.
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