The Fence: For Your Consideration

The Fence: For Your Consideration DVD VIDEO MOVIE FYC HBO documentary Mexico  Type: Movie Platform: DVD Publisher: HBO Media: DVD  In Oct. 2006, the U.S. government decided to build a 700-mile fence along its troubled 2000-mile-plus border with Mexico. Three years, 19 construction companies, 350 engineers, thousands of construction workers, tens of thousands of tons of metal and $3 billion later, was it all worth it?The Fence (La Barda), Rory Kennedy's latest HBO documentary, investigates the impact of the project, revealing how its stated goals — containing illegal immigration, cracking down on drug trafficking and protecting America from terrorists — have given way to unforeseen, even absurd consequences.When Arizona recently enacted one of the most extreme immigration laws in the country, the Obama administration responded by filing a lawsuit against the state. This dispute was merely the latest symptom of a greater national problem: the lack of a comprehensive, workable U.S. i