Pistolera Productions

Against Mexico_the making of heroes and enemies-...

Against Mexico, the making of heroes and enemies, a short documentary film by Michelle Garcia, funded by Latino Public Broadcasting and now streaming on by PBS.org For more information please visit: www.pistoleraprod.com

Border Mobile Journalism Collective

After three years of reporting on media and citizen journalism efforts in NYC and in different countries, it was time to initiate a South Texas project. ;Michelle Garcia in collaboration with the National Black Programming Consortium recently launched the Border Mobile Journalism Collective. The team consists of local journalists and activists who, with their cameras, give us a glimpse of the Border behind the headlines.

'Illegal'-- evolution of a word

Does illegal describe or define people? Should the press 'drop the I word' as some activists have demanded? ;In this segment for Independent Sources, I trace the evolution of the term 'illegal' to describe immigrants. Here's a start: the term wasn't born here and it wasn't created to define immigration from the U.S.-Mexico border. And William Safire had some interesting things to say about what we call people.

Sexing Violence in Mexico

Sex sells-everything. But when 'sexy images' of women are coupled with the gruesome, violent photographs of dead men ;on the U.S.-Mexico border what is being sold? Does violence become a spectacle?

Segment on the ManUp Campaign

I produced this segment on the Man Up campaign, a youth targeted effort to tackle the crisis of violence against women. It's set to launch at the World Cup. ;

Trailer_higher res

Trailer forTell'em Who You Are_higher res www.borderwallfilm.com

The Wall

the evening view

the checkpoints

about 100 miles north of the border going in either direction, your plates get snapped.

Riding the Texas highways

Sahara Film Festival_Report for Time

In May 2009 I traveled to the refugee camps of the Saharawi in the Sahara Desert of Algeria.