For generations, all that separated Eagle Pass, TX, from Piedras Negras, MX, was the Rio Grande. But when darkness descends upon these harmonious border towns, a cowboy and lawman face a new reality that threatens their way of life.
**NOMINEE — Hollywood Professional Association 2023** Outstanding Sound – Documentary
“The film, a hard jewel of beauty and reportage, demands and rewards that second viewing. A must-see.”
– Alan Scherstuhl, The Village Voice
“Revelatory. Top-notch vérité, intimate and memorable…invigorated by a potent sense of place as well as an openhearted curiosity and compassion.”
– Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter
“A bona fide Modern American Epic. WESTERN is cinematic nonfiction of a superior order.”
– Michael Tully
“The film, a hard jewel of beauty and reportage, demands and rewards that second viewing. A must-see.”
– Alan Scherstuhl, The Village Voice
“Revelatory. Top-notch vérité, intimate and memorable…invigorated by a potent sense of place as well as an openhearted curiosity and compassion.”
– Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter
“A bona fide Modern American Epic. WESTERN is cinematic nonfiction of a superior order.”
– Michael Tully
Sundance Film Festival – World Premiere
**WINNER** Sundance Film Festival
Special Jury Prize (Documentary)
**WINNER** SXSW Film Festival
Louis Black/Lone Star Award
**WINNER** San Francisco International Film Festival