
Reclaiming ‘Friendship’ Across Borders
In reading U.S.-Mexico treaties, I trip over the word “friendship.” Ostensibly, it's like saying, “We are friends, so I’m taking your land.”
Since 1954
Nicole Antebi is an animator who makes things that move, loop, and sometimes hold. Antebi grew up in the borderlands of El Paso and Ciudad Juárez, and she is an assistant professor of animation at the University of Arizona and co-director of The Wonder Studio at Biosphere 2.
In reading U.S.-Mexico treaties, I trip over the word “friendship.” Ostensibly, it's like saying, “We are friends, so I’m taking your land.”