El Mar La Mar Blu-ray

'El Mar La Mar' Directors: Joshua Bonnetta & J.P. Śniadecki (2017) Second Run Blu-ray | Region Free | English and Spanish w/ English subtitles |  Staff Pick 

A moving portrait of life in the US-Mexico border region, El Mar La Mar is a sensorily immersive, captivating and terrifying journey through the Sonoran Desert. The film weaves harrowing personal accounts of border crossings with the cruel rhetoric of the politicised American media, accompanied by striking footage of desert life and the remnants left behind by animals and people.

Intense and mythic, utilising a rich polyphonic soundtrack to create a vivid exploration of the desert habitat.

Special features include:
- Exclusive newly-filmed appreciation by writer, curator and producer Gareth Evans
- 16-page booklet with a new essay by film writer Patrick Gamble