To learn more about what the crew is learning as it films, read a commentary by the director of A Hard Road: Travels in Trump’s America published Friday at StatehouseReport.com…
Author: A Hard Road
DAY FOUR: Politics in Phoenix
OCT. 11, 2018 | The fourth day of filming found interviewer Bruce Hawker being interviewed on an hour-long radio show that will be aired 1 p.m. Sunday on KTAR-FM in Phoenix. Mike O’Neil, longtime host of the “Think Tank” show that explores issues in-depth, developed a show around several issues […]
DAY THREE: Phoenix and colorful murals
Much-acclaimed Chef Silvana Salcido Esparza of the Barrio Cafe in Phoenix uses art as much as her mouth-watering cuisine to elevate Mexican American culture. Above, she poses with a Catrina mural by artist Lalo Cota, one of many colorful artworks surrounding her restaurant on North 16th Street.
AZ: Rep. Isela Blanc on immigrants
OCT. 9, 2018 | Arizona state Rep. Isela Blanc, D-Tempe, discusses how she came to the united states as an undocumented child and now is living the American dream.
DAY TWO: Tucson
The second day of filming brought an emotional moment as a Tucson woman approached former U.S. Rep. Ron Barber with a bouquet of flowers purchased in the grocery store in which he and 18 others were shot in 2011 The woman, who asked not to be named or filmed, expressed her gratitude to Barber, who was elected to Congress to fill a seat vacated by former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords as she recovered from her wounds, for his service to the country.
AZ: Interview with Dr. Gary Thrasher
OCT. 8, 2018 | Dr. Gary Thrasher, a large animal veterinarian along the Arizona border, shares thoughts on immigration in this short video.
DAY ONE: Arizona’s high desert and border walls
A drive across the arid high desert of southern Arizona brought the crew to the border town of Douglas, population 17,000., where Mayor Robert Uribe discussed creating an environment of unity with his sister city across the Mexican border.
After a walk along an 18-foot steel wall at the Douglas-Mexico border, we headed 45 minutes east to visit with Dr. Gary Thrasher, a large-animal veterinarian in Hereford, who showed us a different kind of border “wall” — a six-strand barbed wire fence and steel barrier in the San Rafael Valley.
VIDEO: About A Hard Road
In this short video, Australian political commentator Bruce Hawker outlines what a team is doing as they make a political travelogue in Arizona, South Carolina, Minnesota and Pennsylvania.
Minnesota
As the chill winds of autumn sweep across the country with just two weeks before national elections, the team heads to the Midwest to talk with people in Minnesota, Iowa and Indiana.
Pennsylvania
As Halloween approaches and passes, the crew will be talking with people in Rust Belt and new economy areas of Pennsylvania, the Keystone State.