Bisbee 17 (2018)

Its 2017 in Bisbee Arizona an old coppermining town just miles from the Mexican border The towns closeknit community prepares to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Bisbees darkest hour the infamous Bisbee Deportation of 1917 during which 1200 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