Borderlands Theater strives to build equitable, joyful, and meaningful collaborations with the local community through innovative theater and responsive cultural programs ingrained in the heritage, narratives, and lived experiences of peoples rooted across the Sonoran Desert. They cut the middlemen and go right to the source so that we can hear the stories of the neglected underdog in our community. They have been invited to be part of a national project called: “One Nation One Project” that took place in 18 cities in the US to bring awareness about the vital connection between arts and wellness. This story gives us a glimpse of what it means to have a community mobilization to do good in our community via art making.
Borderlands Theater se esfuerza por construir colaboraciones equitativas, alegres y significativas con la comunidad local a través del teatro innovador y programas culturales receptivas arraigados en la herencia, las narrativas y las experiencias vividas de la gente arraigada en todo el desierto de Sonora. Eliminan a los intermediarios y van directamente a la fuente para qué podamos escuchar las historias de la gente desatendida en nuestra comunidad. Han sido invitados para ser parte de un proyecto nacional llamado, “One Nation One Project,” que se llevó a cabo en 18 ciudades de los EE. UU para concienciar la conexión vital entre las artes y el bienestar. Esta historia nos da una idea de lo que significa tener una movilización comunitaria para hacer el bien en nuestra comunidad de la creación artística.
Producer: Özlem Ayşe Özgür / Cáit NíSíomón
Videographer: Danny Sax, Özlem Ayşe Özgür, Diana Cadena
Editor: Nate Huffman
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