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On The Edge Podcast Concludes Film

2008-03-11T12:34:22Z

Greetings,

Yesterday we uploaded the final segment of the online version of "On The Edge: The Femicide in Ciudad Juarez." This 10th and concluding installment is available here:
http://panleft.net/cms/ote-podcast10

All ten sections of the film are now available, here:
http://panleft.net/cms/ontheedge

Now that the whole film is up, we will be taking a little break with the podcast, but in a few weeks there may be further postings of related material and extra footage, so if you're subscribed to the podcast, you may want to continue to be signed up, or just keep checking the above URL from time to time.

Thanks to everyone who has expressed interest and appreciation in this project and this topic. As always, further information and updates are available at the film's website, http://political.detritus.net/juarez

Best wishes,

Steev Hise
Director, On The Edge

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"On The Edge" podcast continues with week 6: Narcotrafficking

2008-02-13T15:02:09Z

Greetings,

The podcast version of "On The Edge: The Femicide in Ciudad Juarez" is proceeding, now in its 6th week and 6th chapter of the film.
This week's segment is about narcotrafficking. Every Monday for 4 more weeks another segment will be available online.
See this week's by going to this link: http://panleft.net/cms/ote-podcast6

For a listing of all the available segments so far, see: http://panleft.net/cms/taxonomy/term/186
To subscribe to the podcast, use this link in iTunes or other podcast software: http://panleft.net/cms/taxonomy/term/186/0/feed

As usual, more information about the film is available at http://political.detritus.net/juarez

Also, I'd like to mention two upcoming screenings of the film in Arizona:
Sunday March 2 at the Local to Global Conference in Tempe (exact time TBA, see http://www.localtoglobal.org for more info)
Jessica Marquez of the Mexico Solidarity Network will also be giving a workshop about the femicide during the conference.
Wdnesday, March 12, the University of Arizona Women's Resource Center and the YWCA present the film, and a Q&A session with me, at 7pm at the new YWCA buliding in Tucson. ( http://www.ywcatucson.org )

Best wishes,

Steev Hise
Director, On The Edge

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On The Edge Podcast!

2008-01-07T15:59:06Z

Greetings and Happy New Year,

I'm writing to announce that my film "On The Edge: The Femicide in Ciudad Juarez", will become available, in sections, online over the next several weeks. I'm starting a podcast, so that every Monday, beginning today, one of the 10 different sections of the film will be posted for anyone to watch and download.

The first section of the film, the 7-minute introduction, is available now, at http://panleft.net/cms/ote-podcast1
The podcast page is here: http://panleft.net/cms/taxonomy/term/186
And to subscribe to the podcast with iTunes or another podcast-viewing application, use this address:
http://panleft.net/cms/taxonomy/term/186/0/feed

The purpose of the film is to inform as many people as possible everywhere about the horrible tragedy happening in Ciudad Juarez, which continues to this day. Making it as easy as practical to see the documentary will continue this mission. Feel free to spread the word and forward this message to anyone you think would be interested in this opportunity to see it for free from the comfort of their own computer monitor.

In other news, I continue to get lots of interest in the film and requests to screen it from all over the world. As I say in response to all of these requests, anyone is free to show the film wherever and as often as they like. I encourage you to contact me with information about screenings you're planning, so that I can post them on the film website. If you're interested in having me also appear to speak at a screening, that may be possible depending on timing and funding for travel. Please contact me for details.

Other news and updates about On The Edge will continue to be added to the website as they happen: http://political.detritus.net/juarez

Thanks once again for your interest in the film and interest and work around the issue of the femicide in Juarez.

Best wishes,

Steev Hise
Filmmaker

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"Bordertown" Release still delayed

2006-10-20T10:10:22Z

Hello everyone,

This is an update on the sitution with the forthcoming film "Bordertown," starring Jennifer Lopez and based on the Juarez femicide situation.

I have been planning a campaign meant to inform moviegoers who come to see Bordertown in the theaters about the real facts of the situation, and many of you are on this list because of interest in that campaign, so that's my reason for this message.

Here's some information about the status of the film:
First, from August of this year:
source: http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/archives/2006/08/bordertown_shut.php

"I was going to report that Jennifer Lopez's Bordertown, a drama about several unsolved murders of poor women in the El Paso-Juarez areas, would finally see the light of a projector lamp on 10.20.06. Except it's not happening, and nobody you call seems to have a clue when it might be seen.

10.20 is when the IMDB says MGM will be releasing the Gregory Nava-directed drama about a reporter (Lopez) looking into the murders. Not true, according to MGM publicist Jeff Pryor. And pay no mind to the fact that there's an MGM-related Bordertown website either. MGM had negotiations about distributing it but nothing came to fruition, says Pryor, and you can definitely forget about it opening on 10.20. So who's distributing Bordertown? No idea, says Pryor.

Two reps working for Lopez at William Morris said they didn't know either "but why don't you try Warner Bros.?", one said. I did...nothing. I also tried New Line, which looked at possibly distributing Bordertown when they were working in the spring of '05 on the Monster-in-Law opening, but I was told "nope...never happened." A New Line friend told me that Bob Berney's Picturehouse considered distributing Bordertown also, but they also backed off. Five'll get your ten Bordertown will show up sometime in early to mid '07 as a straight-to-video thing. Bets?

Same deal, I'm guessing, for Minnie Driver's Virgin of Juarez, which is about the same subject with Driver playing a reporter digging into the heart of El Paso-Juarez darkness."

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next, from an article from just yesterday about the producers of Bordertown failing to pay back a loan they received from the New Mexico State Investment Council:
http://www.abqtrib.com/news/2006/oct/19/nms-bordertown-hits-snag-loans/
"Gabriel Reyes, unit publicist with "Bordertown," said the film might be released spring 2007. "

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So, I guess we shouldn't hold our breaths. I will try to keep you updated as to the status of this film, as well as other news regarding my film, and the situation in general.
Please also watch my film's site for more information: political.detritus.net/juarez

thanks to all of you for your interest and work on this issue!

salud,

Steev Hise
Director, "On The Edge: the Femicide in Ciudad Juarez"

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premiere in Ciudad Juarez this week; Bordertown release soon

2006-10-11T20:58:00Z

Greetings,
This is an update on what has been happening regarding the film, "On The Edge: The Femicide in Ciudad Juarez." You're receiving this because you signed up to be on this mailing list, probably at a screening of the film. Instructions for unsubscribing are at the end of this message, if you so desire.

It's been a while since I've sent out an update. Briefly, the West Coast tour in July was a big success. The film was shown in 6 cities at 9 screenings, including the Mexican premiere in Tijuana. Approximately 100 copies of the DVD were also distributed during the tour, and I met many many interested and enthusiastic people.
The DVD was officially released on August 8 by Illegal Art. More and more publications are reviewing the film and the word seems to be spreading.

The big news this week is that I'll finally be presenting the film in Juarez itself, at the Border Social Forum. The Forum is a gathering of NGOs and activists from across the US-Mexico borderlands and beyond, modelled on the World Social Forum, but focused narrowly on border issues. I'm excited to be able to show the film there. It will show at the Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez, Building K, at 11am on Saturday the 14th of October.

In related news, the Hollywood film based on the Juarez situation, "Bordertown," is scheduled for release October 20. The film, starring Jennifer Lopez as a reporter sent to Juarez to investigate the murders, is, by all accounts, a typically banal and distorted depiction of the problem, but it will at least serve, hopefully, to bring to awareness many who are brand new to the issue; the danger is that those viewers will not be made aware that the problem is still happening, and growing, and they will certainly not be alerted to how they can help.

To that end, I will be soon be announcing on this list the availability of a flyer that will be able to be downloaded, printed, and handed out at your local theaters when "Bordertown" is being shown. In this way, with your help, those who have just seen the film will be directed to the real story, the real facts, and toward action they can take.

Stay tuned to this list for more updates; for even more frequent and detailed news, keep checking the juarez category of my blog: http://detritus.net/steev/mt/archives/cat_juarez.html and the official site for the film:
http://political.detritus.net/juarez

Thanx for your interest and support,

Steev Hise
Director, "On The Edge"
info@detritus.net

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July West Coast Tour of "On The Edge" Is In Progress

2006-07-16T16:54:04Z

Hello to all of you who have expressed interest at one time or another in the documentary "On The Edge: The Femicide in Ciudad Juarez." This is the first mailing to you from new mailing list software. I'll be sending periodic updates and news about the film and related information, including ongoing plans for an informative action campaign around the theatrical release of "Bordertown," the Jennifer Lopez hollywood movie that fictionalizes the Juarez situation.

This is a brief update to let you know that I am in the middle of a US/Mexico west coast screening tour with the film. Last Saturday I screened the film and spoke in Portland, to an audience of about 60. The discussion and Q&A afterward was wonderful and I was impressed with the knowledgable people present voicing their views and asking excellent questions. I was also thankful that Dan Denvir from Portland Central America Solidarity Committee could be there as a guest speaker on the subject.

I'm now in San Francisco to screen the film twice. Below is the entire rest of the schedule, starting with tonight.
If you're in any of these places or know people who are, I hope you can attend or pass on this information to them.

-Sunday, July 16, 8pm at ATA (21st and Valencia) in San Francisco.
-Monday, July 17, 8pm at Station 40 in San Francisco (3030B 16th Street, (across from Mission bart plaza) ).
-Thursday, July 20, 7pm at Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles.
-Wednesday, July 26 in San Diego at Bard Hall, First Unitarian Universalist Church, 4190 Front St. Hillcrest. hosted by San Diego Indymedia.
-Thursday, July 27 6:30pm in Tijuana (Mexican Premiere!) at TEATRO DE LA CASA DE LA CULTURA, COLONIA ALTAMIRA
-Saturday, July 29 4:00pm in El Centro, CA, hosted by MANA - Antonio's Restaurant Banquet Room 215 North Imperial Avenue.

And here's a bilingual announcement about the San Diego and Tijuana shows:

SAN DIEGO FILM SCREENING:
On the Edge: The Juarez Femicides by Steev Hise
The Mothers of Juarez by Zulma Aguiar
Discussion with Steev Hise
Wed July 26 7:00PM
Bard Hall, First Unitarian Universalist Church
4190 Front St. Hillcrest
$5 Donation Proceeds to Nuestras Hijas de Regreso A Casa (May Our Daughters Return Home) and SDIMC.

(MAS ABAJO ANUNCIO EN ESPA�OL DEL EVENTO EN TIJUANA)

TIJUANA FILM SCREENING
POVERTY & DEATH IN JUAREZ
LIVING & WORKING
ON THE EDGE

ON THE EDGE explains the social, cultural and economic factors in Juarez, a city caught between the terror and outrage of femicide: The unsolved brutal murders of over 400 women. An isolated phenomenon or a preview of our global future?

A documentary by STEEV HISE
JULY 27, 2006
6:30-9:00 p.m.
TEATRO DE LA
CASA DE LA CULTURA
COLONIA ALTAMIRA

Join Steev Hise in Tijuana for the Mexican
premiere screening of On the Edge,
together with Mrs. Sara Ruiz, mother of 15-year-old
Sara Benazir, who died six days after being
brutally assaulted and thrown from a moving car
on to the streets of Tijuana on December 7, 2005.

JULIO 27, 2006, DOCUMENTAL FEMICIDIO EN JUAREZ - �POR QU� OCURRE?
Documental y charla con el productor de "En el Borde" En el Teatro de La Casa de la Cultura, Tijuana Jueves 27 de julio, 2006, 6:30-9:00 pm
ENTRE LA POBREZA Y LA MUERTE
CIUDAD JUAREZ

EN EL BORDE expone los factores econ�micos,
sociales y culturales que dan lugar a vivir entre
el miedo y la barbarie, en una ciudad donde
los asesinatos brutales de m�s de 400
mujeres contin�an con plena impunidad.
�Es un fen�meno aislado o presagio del futuro global?

DOCUMENTAL DE STEEV HISE
JULIO 27, 2006
6:30-9:00 p.m.

TEATRO DE LA
CASA DE LA CULTURA
COLONIA ALTAMIRA, TIJUANA

Foro con Steev Hise, quien inicia en Tijuana la gira en M�xico de En el Borde, y con la Sra. Sara Ruiz, madre de la joven v�ctima Sara Benazir, fallecida seis d�as despu�s de ser brutalmente violentada y arrojada de un carro en movimiento el 7 de diciembre de 2005 en Tijuana.

thanx for all your support and help and for what you do working on this issue.

best wishes,

Steev Hise
http://political.detritus.net/juarez

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