''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 The Sonoran Desert ( es, Desierto de Sonora) is a desert in North America and ecoregion that covers the northwestern Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur, as well as part of the southwestern United States (in Arizona ...

. They were influenced by

Jason De León Jason De León is an anthropologist, a National Geographic Emerging Explorer (2013), and a MacArthur Foundation 2017 Fellow. He studies the migration from Latin America to the United States of clandestine migrants crossing the U.S.–Mexico borde ...

's book '' The Land of Open Graves'', about the lives and deaths of migrants who cross through the desert.

Release

The film premiered on February 11, 2017, at the

67th Berlin International Film Festival The 67th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 9 to 18 February 2017 with Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven as President of the Jury. ''Django (2017 film), Django'', directed by Etienne Comar, opened the festival. The Golden Bear ...

, where it won the Caligari Film Prize.

Reception

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 6587706 2010s English-language films 2010s Spanish-language films 2017 documentary films 2017 films American documentary films Documentary films about illegal immigration to the United States 2010s American films