Movie Details
Theatrical Release:January 6th, 1997
Original Language:English
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La Mera Frontera (1997)
La Mera Frontera is a meditation on the border and memory which takes as its point of departure the last battle between the United States and Mexico In 1918 neighbors from the border towns of Nogales Arizona and Nogales Sonora shot at each other for a day Among the many citizens who lay dead was Maria Esquivel who returns in the present to interview surviving witnesses all now 80 to 90 years old As a stymied historical detective Maria wrestles with the failure of Nogales citizens accounts to coalesce or recollect her and her absence in the local archives and films Unable to uncover her past Maria takes history into her own hands
DirectorLouis Hock
