Documentaire over het stadje Bisbee, dat op kleine afstand van de Mexicaanse grens ligt. In het stadje wonen veel kunstenaars en beeldhouwers, die woningen hebben in de naburige bergen. In het jaar 1917 werden er meer dan 1200 immigranten - die werkzaam waren in de mijnen - op brute wijze door de lokale sheriff naar de woestijn gebracht en voor dood achtergelaten. Filmmaker James West blikt samen met enkele bewoners van Bisbee terug op die tijd.

It’s 2017 in Bisbee, Arizona, an old copper-mining town just miles from the Mexican border. The town’s close-knit community prepares to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Bisbee’s darkest hour: the infamous Bisbee Deportation of 1917, during which 1,200 striking miners were violently taken from their homes, banished to the middle of the desert, and left to die. Townspeople confront this violent, misunderstood past by staging dramatic recreations of the escalating strike. These dramatized scenes are based on subjective versions of the story and “directed,” in a sense, by residents with conflicting views of the event. Deeply personal segments torn from family history build toward a massive restaging of the deportation itself on the exact day of its 100th anniversary.

정확히 100년 전, 오래된 탄광촌 비스비 지역의 가장 암울하고 비극적인 날 1,200명의 이민자 광부들이 국외로 추방당하는 잊을 수 없는 사건이 발생했다. 지역 주민들은 논란이 많은 과거를 재조명하기 위해 힘을 모은다.