Smuggling Contraband Movies

Brindisi, Italy: a focal point in cigarette smuggling. The director returns to her hometown to see what's left of the past and what lies in store for...

16-year-old Hormoz is consoled by the prospect of hiring on at the strip mine as he is married off to 13-year-old Hendi. Alas, the young man finds...

Several prohibition agents display cans and bottles of seized liquor for the camera. They are then shown dumping the goods at a junk yard.

California’s fight to protect valuable native succulents from an international poaching ring. When suspicious packages are found in a small...

Around the film hang fascinating questions about border politics, which I’ll touch on in an introduction before the screening. One of Eugene...