USA
Documentary Short
Director: Christine Kane
Producer: Christine Kane, Aaron Hosé, Tim Reid
In the borderlands of El Paso, Texas, Fidel confronts the complex reality of his life as a Border Patrol agent. Finding himself at the edge of two nations, he works to enforce the law while uncovering the human stories behind the headlines—of dreams pursued and lost, hopes carried and shattered.
Award-winning producer-director-cinematographer Christine Kane has spent the last decade working in the professional film and video industry. Her 2020 docuseries A Break for Impact, about the humanitarian crisis at the Texas-Mexico border, earned her a regional EMMY® Award. She has since won seven more EMMY® Awards for immigration-themed projects including the series Crosses in the Dust, filmed in the Sonoran Desert along the Arizona-Mexico border, the short What We Came From, filmed in Tijuana, Mexico, and the El Paso-based shorts Beneath the Same Sky and A City That Cares.