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Trails of hope and terror / directed and edited by Vincent De La Torre ; screenplay, Miguel A. De La Torre ; produced by Deborah De la Torre.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmLanguage: English, Spanish, Spanish Subtitle language: English Publisher: [Mexico] : V1 Educational Media, Inc., [2016]Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (53 min.)) : sound, colorContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Online resources: Awards:
  • Semi finalist Social World Film Festival, 2017
  • Winner Cine Miami Fest, 2017
  • Winner (In) Justice for All Film Festival, 2017
  • Winner Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes, 2016
Summary: Trails of Hope and Terror is a 53-minute documentary that ends with the stories of two teenage girls, Sandra and Josseline. One encounters the border (La Frontera) by accident, and the other on purpose. But their journeys, along with the others we hear about in the film, began hundreds of years ago, as complicated political and economic strategies set up a vast system from which there is little hope of escape. Manifest Destiny, the Mexican-American War, Gun-Boat Diplomacy, Banana Republics, NAFTA, Operation Gatekeeper. . . all of these political events led up to a system of "prevention through deterrence." In other words, if people were forced to cross a desert in where they were likely to die, then they might think twice about the risks. The fact is, no one was deterred. In Trails of Hope and Terror, we will hear stories about the people whose families needed them. At the time, they felt it was the right thing to do. So they crossed anyway. -- Digitalia Film Library website
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Trails of Hope and Terror is a 53-minute documentary that ends with the stories of two teenage girls, Sandra and Josseline. One encounters the border (La Frontera) by accident, and the other on purpose. But their journeys, along with the others we hear about in the film, began hundreds of years ago, as complicated political and economic strategies set up a vast system from which there is little hope of escape. Manifest Destiny, the Mexican-American War, Gun-Boat Diplomacy, Banana Republics, NAFTA, Operation Gatekeeper. . . all of these political events led up to a system of "prevention through deterrence." In other words, if people were forced to cross a desert in where they were likely to die, then they might think twice about the risks. The fact is, no one was deterred. In Trails of Hope and Terror, we will hear stories about the people whose families needed them. At the time, they felt it was the right thing to do. So they crossed anyway. -- Digitalia Film Library website

In Spanish and English; with English subtitles for Spanish dialogs.

Semi finalist Social World Film Festival, 2017

Winner Cine Miami Fest, 2017

Winner (In) Justice for All Film Festival, 2017

Winner Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes, 2016

Online resource; title from opening/closing credits (Digitalia Film Library, viewed February 4, 2022)

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