Film

Bisbee '17

2018 · 2h 4m · Documentary · History

The past is present.

IMDb

6.8

Rotten Tomatoes

93%

Metacritic

87

It’s 2017 in Bisbee, Arizona, an old copper-mining town just miles from the Mexican border. The town’s close-knit community prepares to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Bisbee’s darkest hour: the infamous Bisbee Deportation of 1917, during which 1,200 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.

Fernando Serrano

Laurie McKenna

Graeme Family

Mike Anderson

Richard Hodges

James West

• Robert GreeneDirector · Screenplay
• Douglas TirolaProducer
• Susan BedusaProducer
• Bennett ElliottProducer
• Davis GuggenheimExecutive Producer
• Geralyn White DreyfousExecutive Producer
• Dan CoganExecutive Producer
• Jenny RaskinExecutive Producer
• Jonathan SilberbergExecutive Producer
• Laurene Powell JobsExecutive Producer

Official Trailer

Release date

September 5, 2018

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 4m

Rated

NR

Genres

Documentary, History