Bisbee '17 (2018)
It’s 2017 in Bisbee, Arizona, an old copper-mining town just miles from the Mexican border. The town’s close-knit community prepares to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Bisbee’s darkest hour: the infamous Bisbee Deportation of 1917, during which 1,200 striking miners were violently taken from their homes, banished to the middle of the desert, and left to die. Townspeople confront this violent, misunderstood past by staging dramatic recreations of the escalating strike. These dramatized scenes are based on subjective versions of the story and “directed,” in a sense, by residents with conflicting views of the event. Deeply personal segments torn from family history build toward a massive restaging of the deportation itself on the exact day of its 100th anniversary.
Director:
Robert Greene
Writer:
Robert Greene
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Fernando Serrano as |
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Laurie McKenna as |
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Graeme Family as |
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Mike Anderson as |
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Richard Hodges as |
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James West as |
| Production | Bennett Elliott | Producer |
| Production | Douglas Tirola | Producer |
| Production | Susan Bedusa | Producer |
| Writing | Robert Greene | Screenplay |
| Directing | Robert Greene | Director |
| Production | Davis Guggenheim | Executive Producer |
| Production | Geralyn White Dreyfous | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Keegan DeWitt | Music |
| Camera | Jarred Alterman | Director of Photography |
| Production | Jenny Raskin | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Cindy Takehara Ferruccio | Sound Editor |
| Production | Laurene Powell Jobs | Executive Producer |
| Production | Dan Cogan | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jonathan Silberberg | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Robert Kolodny | Additional Director of Photography |
| Camera | Robert Kolodny | Additional Camera |
| Art | Robert Kolodny | Title Designer |
| Art | Robert Kolodny | Graphic Designer |
| Sound | Lawrence Everson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Camera | Bella Graves | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Adam Dietrich | Sound |