In a small town in Texas, the border wall has already arrived.

Please join us as Lisa Molomot will presents her documentary film, "Missing in Brooks County," followed by a discussion.

Synopsis: 70 miles north of the Mexican-US border lies Brooks County, Texas - a haunted, inhospitable place where thousands of immigrants have gone missing or died over the past decade. Missing in Brooks County follows the journey of two families who arrive in Brooks County to look for their loved ones, only to find a mystery that deepens at every turn. Stuck between the jurisdiction of border agents, local law enforcement, and cartels, the county is a barren landscape designed as a deterrent to illegal crossings. Despite this tactical designation, the municipality has never been provided the resources to process the remains of the hundreds of undocumented immigrants who succumb to dehydration and exposure each year. Missing in Brooks County is a potent reminder that these deaths are more than a statistic—each represents a living human being, loved by their family, now lost.

Lisa Molomot is a documentary filmmaker and editor whose work has aired on Independent Lens, Discovery Channel, A&E, and ESPN, and has been seen at Sundance and SXSW. Her 2013 feature “The Hill” premiered on the PBS series America Reframed, and won Honorable Mention for the Paul Robeson Award at the Newark Black Film Festival. Her short “School’s Out” has been a leading element in the movement for outdoor primary school education; it premiered on the PBS series “Natural Heroes,” has screened at over 25 festivals worldwide, and is a bestseller at Bullfrog Films for over two years running.

Sponsored by Cornell Brooks School of Public Policy and the ILR School.