This week, a film festival in Nogales will connect both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border through cinema.
On Thursday evening, Nogales movie lovers will gather not in a theater but on either side of the border wall.
For three nights, the Nogales International Film Festival aims to make that barrier a portal, by showing films on screens directly in front of either side of the wall.
The screenings are free for people on both sides of the border, who can see each other lit up by the glow of the same movie, said Francisco Landin, managing director of the festival.
“It just kind of reminds us, we’re one Nogales, we’re one people, we’re one culture, we’re one community,” Landin said.
The Film on the Fence event will occur this week on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings.
The full schedule of festival events can be found on the Nogales International Film Festival website.
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