Recorded October 20, 2004
Below is the original description of the event.
More than 3,000 people have died trying to cross the U.S.–Mexico border in the last decade. Filmmakers Claudine LoMonaco and Mary Spicuzza came face to face with one migrant’s tragedy when they met with the family of Matías Juan García Zavaleta, a father of two who perished in the Arizona desert during what U.S. border officials call the “season of death.” In this documentary, LoMonaco and Spicuzza interview the brother who accompanied Matías García on his tragic journey as well as the wife, children and parents he left behind.
Claudine LoMonaco and Mary Spicuzza are correspondents for Frontline/World and have recently received their master’s degrees from the Graduate School of Journalism at UC Berkeley.