Join us for a special screening of the award-willing documentary Border South in the Intercultural Diversity Center (Ferguson 2100) from 4:30-6:00 PM, Monday, September 13th on the campus of the University of Alabama.

Following the film, we will walk to Maxwell Hall for the opening of the Hostile Terrain 94 Exhibition at the University of Alabama, including a student-curated art installation (curated by Art Forward) examining issues of migration, immigrant justice, and the Hispanic/Latinx experience in Alabama. The exhibition will be open from 6:15-8:00 PM.

Food and refreshments will be available at Maxwell Hall provided by La Mexicana food truck from 6-8 PM for exhibition attendees.

About Border South:

"To stem the immigration tide, Mexico and the U.S. collaborate to crack down on migrants, forcing them into ever more dangerous territory. Every year hundreds of thousands of migrants make their way along the trail running from southern Mexico to the US border. Gustavo’s gunshot wounds from Mexican police, which have achieved abundant press attention, might just earn him a ticket out of Nicaragua. Meanwhile anthropologist Jason painstakingly collects the trail’s remains, which have their own stories to tell. Fragmented stories from Hondurans crossing through southern Mexico assemble a vivid portrait of the thousands of immigrants who disappear along the trail. Border South reveals the immigrants’ resilience, ingenuity, and humor as it exposes a global migration system that renders human beings invisible in life as well as death."

The following sponsors have made these and related events tied to the HT94 exhibition at UA possible: The Collaborative Arts Research Initiative, Intercultural Diversity Center and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Department of Geography, Department of Theatre and Dance, the Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies Program, and Art Forward in collaboration with The Undocumented Migration Project (https://www.undocumentedmigrationproject.org).

About Hostile Terrain '94:

Hostile Terrain 94 is a participatory exhibition created by the Undocumented Migration Project, a non-profit organization that focuses on the social process of immigration and raises awareness through research, education, and outreach.

The exhibit is composed of approximately 3,400 handwritten toe tags that represent migrants who have died trying to cross the Sonoran Desert from the mid-1990s to 2020. These tags are geolocated on a large wall map of the Arizona-Mexico border, showing the exact locations where human remains were found. The physical act of writing out the names and information for the dead invites participants to reflect, witness and stand in solidarity with those who have lost their lives in search of a better one. This exhibit is taking place at over 120 institutions across 6 continents with the intention to raise awareness about the humanitarian crisis at America’s southern border and to engage with communities around the world in conversations about migration.

The construction of HT94 is made possible by teams of volunteers from each hosting location, who participate in tag-filling workshops, where they write the details of the dead and then publicly place the tags on the map– in the exact location where each individual's remains were found.

Border South Screening and Hostile Terrain 94 Exhibition Opening