A film festival bridges two communities at the U.S.-Mexico border

NPR | By Nina Kravinsky

Published May 22, 2026 at 4:37 PM EDT

Audiences on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Nogales, Arizona and Nogales, Sonora gathered to watch the same films at the same time at a cross-border film festival.

Nina Kravinsky

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