Western (2017)
NAME OF FILM: WESTERN
DIRECTOR(S): Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross
GENRE: Documentary Film
SYNOPSIS: For generations, all that distinguished Eagle Pass, TX, from Piedras Negras, MX, was the Rio Grande. But when darkness descends upon these harmonious border towns, a cowboy and lawman face a new reality that threatens their way of life.
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