Gage Gallery18 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago | M-F 9-5
 

Border Film Project

Border Film Project is a collaborative art project giving disposable cameras to two groups on different sides of the border: undocumented migrants crossing the desert into the United States, and American Minutemen trying to stop them. To date, project founders Rudy Adler, Victoria Criado and Brett Huneycutt have received 73 cameras — 38 from migrants and 35 from Minutemen — with nearly 2,000 pictures in total. The pictures show the human face of immigration, and they challenge us to question our stereotypes and to see through new and personal lenses.

The exhibition rans from January 28 - March 21, 2008 at Roosevelt University's Gage Gallery, 18 S. Michigan Avenue. An opening reception was held in the gallery on Thursday, January 31, 2008 from 5:00-8:00 p.m. and was open to the general public. Victoria Criado, one of the project's creators, attended the opening to discuss the project and to show a 20 minute film of the project.

An interview with BFP cofounder Victoria Criado at Gage Gallery
listen: 6:41 | download - 3.1 MB

For more information:

Roosevelt University press release– Jan 8, 2008

Border Film Project website

Staff Information

Michael Ensdorf, Founder and Director

Juli Rowen, Project and Outreach Director