Bisbee '17

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.Bisbee '17 featuring Fernando Serrano and Laurie Mckenna is streaming with subscription on Fandor (Via Prime Video), streaming with subscription on Kanopy, available for rent or purchase on iTunes, and 1 other. It's a documentary and history movie with a better than average IMDb audience rating of 6.8 (671 votes) and was very well received by critics.