New York Filmmaker Shoots Documentary Movie On Eagle Pass, TX-Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico Unique Relationship

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017

New York City Filmmaker Roberta “Robie” Flores is currently filming a documentary movie regarding the unique relationship enjoyed by the twin sister cities of Eagle Pass, Texas and Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico on the Rio Grande River in order to provide a surreal portrayal of what life is really like living on the United States-Mexico border.

Robie Flores is a graduate of Eagle Pass C.C. Winn High School and the prestigious New York University School of Film and now resides in New York City.

Flores has been in Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras, Coahuila since March of 2017 filming the many events, people, culture, trade, and life on the U.S.-Mexico border, including the traditional Abrazo Ceremony between citizens and public representatives of Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras, the Amistad Friendship Festival, and most recently the beautiful Rio Grande River and all of its grandiose fauna and flora as well as its significant role as an international boundary.

Many American and international people have a misconception of what life, culture, trade, and politics are like on the U.S.-Mexico border, according to Flores.  Her documentary movie will hopefully dispel many of the myths and misconceptions that people have of the U.S.-Mexico border.

Flores chose her hometown of Eagle Pass and its Mexican sister city of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico for her documentary because of the unique relationship and culture enjoyed between citizens of both cities and countries, particularly many having families and residences on both sides of the border.

In early June 2017, Robie Flores canoed down the majestic Rio Grande River from Quemado, Maverick County, Texas to Eagle Pass, Texas, a distance of approximately 25 miles, with her former teacher, Jessie Fuentes, media tech teacher at C.C. Winn High School and owner of Epi’s Canoe and Kayak Team, to document the the beauty of the Rio Grande River and the extraordinary fauna and flora as well as its geopolitical role as an international boundary between the United States and Mexico.  Also accompanying Robie Flores and Jessie Fuentes on this trip down the Rio Grande River was local personal fitness trainer Jesus Navarrete.

This once in a lifetime trip is within Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras backyard on the Rio Grande River, which many of its citizens are completely unaware of the serene beauty and diversity found on the Rio Grande.

While some say the Rio Grande River divides the United States and Mexico international boundary, Flores witnessed and documented how the Rio Grande unites the people of Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras, Coahuila as one community with a rich history and culture that uniquely binds two countries.

Robie Flores will remain in Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras for the remainder of the year filming all the activities, events, people, and culture found in the U.S.-Mexico border before returning to New York City to edit and distribute her documentary film.