Borderland

News

Documentary

Drama

Reality

Six average Americans are confronted with the realities of illegal immigration while retracing the footsteps of dead border runners.

Production Companies

Muck Media

In Films

Al Jazeera America

Episodes

Cast

1. The Morgue

13th Apr 2014

Six Americans – strangers from all walks of life – gather to embark on a haunting journey that begins in the Pima County morgue’s dead-body freezer.

2. Country of Origin

20th Apr 2014

The six are split into three groups, each tasked with retracing one dead migrant’s past, and discover the grave circumstances that led “their” migrants to risk their lives.

3. La Bestia

27th Apr 2014

Things get real in gang controlled Arriaga, when the six climb atop a cargo train known as “La Bestia,” or “The Beast.”

4. Crossing The Desert

4th May 2014

It’s the final leg of their perilous journey and the six must face sweltering heat during the day and nights that drop below zero – how long can they last?

5. Beyond Borderland (Reunion Studio Show)

11th May 2014

First air date