Mission: Churches

Cannot escape the colonial escapades of Spain. Missions. Empty lots. The Mission Trailsouth of El Paso is an "authentic travel experience". And without irony runs parallel to the Rio Grande (aka the border between Mexico and Texas) and its cotton fields and Border Patrol stations. Crossing is at the center of this new film project. All kinds, especially those associated with lines and signs. And churches. Catholic churches and their doctrine of suffering can be converted from heaven-bound fatalism to an earth-bound clarion call for human rights. Liberation Theology, if revived today, could clarify itself as a resistance to capitalism and its abuses within the language of living the life of Christ. Time to deal with faith and politics in the 21st Century. (November 7, 2017)