Videos
Timeless Shura Wallin Explains the Samaritan Mission 3 minutes Arizona Highways Videographer
This clip honors Shura Wallin, who received the Hon Kachina Volunteer Award in 2012. It is Arizona's most prestigious celebration of volunteerism. The video also features Samaritans Harry Smith, Chris Amaroso and Judith Whipple.
2022 Humanitarian Aid in the Borderlands Amy Knight
Attorney Amy Knight on the legal rights of migrants and humanitarian aid workers to receive and give humanitarian aid.
Amy Knight is a criminal defense and civil rights attorney in Tucson. She is a graduate of Vassar College, the University of Arizona’s MFA program in creative writing, and Stanford Law School. Her practice is split between defending capital cases and representing humanitarian volunteers and protestors who are charged with crimes for their work.
2021 Timeline of Border Wall Activity John Kurc
This collection of short youtube videos shows a progression of what has happened along the border.
2021 Stop the Wall 3 minutes Laiken Jordahl
This clip from Jordahl's tweets depicts the horrific destruction caused by border wall construction.
2020 Border Nation 19 minutes Jason Jaacks
“In making Border Nation,” Jason writes, “I tried to balance this juxtaposition: Ofelia’s generations-deep connection to the [Tohono O'odham] land, and the rarely seen but omnipresent eyes monitoring our nation’s porous southern border.”
2020 2020 on track to be among the top three deadliest years for undocumented migrants crossing the Arizona-Mexico border
3 minutes KOLD News 13
The Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner said that despite restrictions of COVID-19 at the ports of entry and widespread border wall construction, more people are crossing this year in remote areas of the desert resulting in hundreds of deaths.
2020 "USA v Scott" and the Fight to Prove that Humanitarian Aid is Not a Crime 16 minutes Murat Oztaskin
This short documentary recounts Arizona humanitarian Scott Warren's arrest for one count of conspiracy to transport and two counts of harboring illegal aliens in January 2018. He was found not guilty in November 2019.
2019 What's Really Happening at the U.S.-Mexico Border 14 minutes Erika Pinheiro
This TED Talk, by a U.S. immigration attorney, recounts stories of her clients, her own detention and the cruelty and contradictions in immigration policy, especially in regard to asylum.
2019 Why I Fight For Solidarity 13 minutes Pia Klemp
This TEDX Talk by the German captain of a boat, owned by an NGO, tells us what is happening to the refugees attempting to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to reach European Union countries.
2019 Immigration Basics 53 minutes Alyson Ball
This overview, by a GVS Samaritan, presents the past history of US immigration, types of immigration, their statuses in reference to possible citizenship and current policies and practices.
2018 Arizona Illustrated Episode 509 10 minutes Arizona Public Media
This episode features Alvaro Enciso, an artist, who talks about his life and his life's mission. He honors those who sought a better life and died in our Sonoran Desert.
2017 More Than Nice 3 minutes Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki
This piece visually captures Lubezki's personal interpretation of the difference between nice and kind through the eyes of volunteers from No More Deaths who leave jugs of water in the Sonoran Desert.
2015 Immigrants For Sale 33 minutes Brave New Films
This documentary examines the for-profit prison industry and its connection to migrants and their families, focusing on the insidious dynamic at the nexus of politics and profit.
2014 The Real Death Valley 42 minutes The Weather Channel
This documentary reveals the little-known story of hundreds of migrants who have died in the sweltering Texas brush over the past five years.
2009 Which Way Home 90 minutes Netflix, Hulu or trailer is visible through the title link
This feature film follows unaccompanied child migrants from Central America, on their journey through Mexico, as they try to reach the United States.
This clip honors Shura Wallin, who received the Hon Kachina Volunteer Award in 2012. It is Arizona's most prestigious celebration of volunteerism. The video also features Samaritans Harry Smith, Chris Amaroso and Judith Whipple.
2022 Humanitarian Aid in the Borderlands Amy Knight
Attorney Amy Knight on the legal rights of migrants and humanitarian aid workers to receive and give humanitarian aid.
Amy Knight is a criminal defense and civil rights attorney in Tucson. She is a graduate of Vassar College, the University of Arizona’s MFA program in creative writing, and Stanford Law School. Her practice is split between defending capital cases and representing humanitarian volunteers and protestors who are charged with crimes for their work.
2021 Timeline of Border Wall Activity John Kurc
This collection of short youtube videos shows a progression of what has happened along the border.
2021 Stop the Wall 3 minutes Laiken Jordahl
This clip from Jordahl's tweets depicts the horrific destruction caused by border wall construction.
2020 Border Nation 19 minutes Jason Jaacks
“In making Border Nation,” Jason writes, “I tried to balance this juxtaposition: Ofelia’s generations-deep connection to the [Tohono O'odham] land, and the rarely seen but omnipresent eyes monitoring our nation’s porous southern border.”
2020 2020 on track to be among the top three deadliest years for undocumented migrants crossing the Arizona-Mexico border
3 minutes KOLD News 13
The Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner said that despite restrictions of COVID-19 at the ports of entry and widespread border wall construction, more people are crossing this year in remote areas of the desert resulting in hundreds of deaths.
2020 "USA v Scott" and the Fight to Prove that Humanitarian Aid is Not a Crime 16 minutes Murat Oztaskin
This short documentary recounts Arizona humanitarian Scott Warren's arrest for one count of conspiracy to transport and two counts of harboring illegal aliens in January 2018. He was found not guilty in November 2019.
2019 What's Really Happening at the U.S.-Mexico Border 14 minutes Erika Pinheiro
This TED Talk, by a U.S. immigration attorney, recounts stories of her clients, her own detention and the cruelty and contradictions in immigration policy, especially in regard to asylum.
2019 Why I Fight For Solidarity 13 minutes Pia Klemp
This TEDX Talk by the German captain of a boat, owned by an NGO, tells us what is happening to the refugees attempting to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to reach European Union countries.
2019 Immigration Basics 53 minutes Alyson Ball
This overview, by a GVS Samaritan, presents the past history of US immigration, types of immigration, their statuses in reference to possible citizenship and current policies and practices.
2018 Arizona Illustrated Episode 509 10 minutes Arizona Public Media
This episode features Alvaro Enciso, an artist, who talks about his life and his life's mission. He honors those who sought a better life and died in our Sonoran Desert.
2017 More Than Nice 3 minutes Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki
This piece visually captures Lubezki's personal interpretation of the difference between nice and kind through the eyes of volunteers from No More Deaths who leave jugs of water in the Sonoran Desert.
2015 Immigrants For Sale 33 minutes Brave New Films
This documentary examines the for-profit prison industry and its connection to migrants and their families, focusing on the insidious dynamic at the nexus of politics and profit.
2014 The Real Death Valley 42 minutes The Weather Channel
This documentary reveals the little-known story of hundreds of migrants who have died in the sweltering Texas brush over the past five years.
2009 Which Way Home 90 minutes Netflix, Hulu or trailer is visible through the title link
This feature film follows unaccompanied child migrants from Central America, on their journey through Mexico, as they try to reach the United States.