Bisbee '17 (2018)
The past is present.
112 min
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.
- Release date
- September 5, 2018
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Mike Anderson as Self
- Charles Bethea as Self
- Chris Dietz as Self
- Chris Dietz as Copper Company Owner
- Mary Ellen Dunlap as Self
- Aaron Gain as Self
- Aaron Gain as A.S. Embry
- Annie Graeme-Larkin as Self
- Doug Graeme as Self
- Dick Graeme as Self
- Richard Graeme III as Self
- Richard Hodges as Self
- Richard Hodges as Copper Company Owner
Crew
- Robert Greene · Director
- Charles Bethea · Writer
- Ryan Bruce · Writer
- Chris Dietz · Writer
- Robert Greene · Writer
- Susan Bedusa · Producer
- Bennett Elliott · Producer
- Douglas Tirola · Producer
- Keegan DeWitt · Composer
- Jarred Alterman · Cinematographer
- Robert Greene · Editor
- Ed Briggs · Production designer