Check Out the Short 'Dakota' That Inspired the Feature 'Transpecos'

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“How many times have you done this? And how many times have you been caught?” The short film we’re featuring this week is actually connected with a feature film arriving in theaters over the next few months. Titled Transpecos, the film is about three Border Patrol agents working a remote desert checkpoint – see the trailer here. Before making the feature, director Greg Kwedar and producer Clint Bentley made a short film titled Dakota, also about Border Patrol agents who aren’t the stereotypical agents we’ve all heard about on the news. The story is about a discovery in a truck that causes one agent “to question the very nature of his job”. It’s an impressive little short film and it’s cool to see that this was the inspiration directly leading to the feature-length film. This is also a good look at what it takes to make a career as a filmmaker. ›››

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