On the Edge: The Femicide in Ciudad Juárez

Director: Steev Hise

Cast: Marisela Ortiz, Jason Wallach, Lucha Castro, Charles Bowden, Ralph Ambruster Sandoval, Jessica Marques

(Illegal Art, 2006) Rated: N/A

US DVD release date: 8 August 2006 (Illegal Art)

by Cynthia Fuchs

PopMatters Film and TV Editor

While this documentary is rough -- plainly low budget and assembled with some sense of urgency, along with cheesy background music -- it is powerful and resourceful.
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