Over the Wall/Sobre el Muro

Based on the documentary Over the Wall / On the wall (El Colef, 2019), this paper discusses some social effects from the transformations of the barriers or divisions that have demarcated the border limit of the states of California, United States and Baja California, Mexico, until the construction of barriers and divisions promoted by the last four US federal administrations. Based on interviews with migration and border specialists, residents, and research on archives and documents around the wall and its effects on the Tijuana-San Diego border, this documentary captures periods of change and border reinforcement by States United, as well as the recent situation with the arrival of new migratory flows such as the caravans of Central American migrants to Tijuana and the challenges for this border.