Sahuarita, Arizona – The southern Arizona advocate community came together on a weekend dedicated to celebrating the humanitarian work done at the border to protect immigrant lives as they attempt to cross the Sonoran Desert from Mexico into the U.S.
CALÓ News got the chance to cover the Southern Arizona Borderlands premiere of “Samaritans,” the third installment of the documentary trilogy by filmmaker and storyteller David Damian Figueroa. The screening took place at the Good Shepherd United Church of Christ in Sahuarita, Arizona, a town about 25 miles south of Tucson.
The full-length documentary spotlights the extreme efforts of humanitarians as they work to aid and save the lives of migrants. It opens with a scene showing the apprehension of Figueroa and award-winning author Reyna Grande, who were racially profiled and detained in an immigration transport van — known as a perrera, or kennel — because of their skin color…