Mon 3/2 7p: Produced by Kent Paterson with Mercedes Mejia, this one-hour documentary examines historic and contemporary environmental and public health issues confronting the people of two southern New Mexico communities straddling the Mexican border: Sunland Park and Santa Teresa. Amid tremendous growth fueled by a burgeoning cross-border economy, residents grapple with drinking water quality, traffic issues, pollution of the Rio Grande and long-running concerns over a huge regional landfill. Including rare recordings of watershed moments in the economic development and socio-environmental history of the region, this documentary also features the contemporary voices of residents, officials and activists who are defining the present and future. This production was made possible in part by support from the Fund for Investigative Journalism and the McCune Charitable Foundation. Thanks also to the Raices Collective of KUNM.
Sunland revisited: people, power and environmental justice on the U.S.-Mexico border
