Jason De Leon
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Tribeca All Access® 2017
About
Jason is a Mexican-American Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan. He currently directs the Undocumented Migration Project, a long-term study of clandestine border crossing that combines ethnographic, archaeological, and forensic approaches. Recently he was awarded the prestigious 2016 Margaret Mead Award for his book The Land of Open Graves.
Border South
Mexico now deports more immigrants than the United States. melds ethnography and cinema-verité to explore the harsh environment and brutal journey of undocumented immigrants from Central America crossing through Mexico towards the United States.