An immersive and enthralling journey through the Sonoran Desert on the U.S.-Mexico border, the film weaves together harrowing oral histories from the area with hand-processed 16mm images of flora, fauna, and items left behind by travelers. Subjects speak of intense, mythic experiences in the desert: A man tells of a fifteen-foot-tall monster said to haunt the region, while a border patrolman spins a similarly bizarre tale of man versus beast. A sonically rich soundtrack adds to the eerie atmosphere as the call of birds and other nocturnal noises invisibly populate the austere landscape.
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