Borders

Borders

53 mins | Drama, Documentary | May 5, 1989

A philosophical flume ride through the physical, political and moral borders that inhibit the free movement of people and ideas. Mixing commentary, computer graphics, dramatizations, and investigative journalism, Borders probes the unsettling paradoxes behind immigration, drugs, Star Wars, and other topics.

Borders

53 mins | Drama, Documentary | May 5, 1989

Borders
A philosophical flume ride through the physical, political and moral borders that inhibit the free movement of people and ideas. Mixing commentary, computer graphics, dramatizations, and investigative journalism, Borders probes the unsettling paradoxes behind immigration, drugs, Star Wars, and other topics.
Producers WGBH Boston, New York State Council on the Arts, National Endowment For The Arts, New Television Workshop, Co-Directions Inc.
Original title Borders
Directors Merrill Aldighieri, Joe Tripician
Writers Joe Tripician, Merrill Aldighieri

Cast

Robert Anton Wilson

as Self - Philosopher, Author

Brian Freemantle

as Self - Author, Journalist

Michio Kaku

as Self - Prof. Theoretical Physics, CUNY

Margaret Randall

as Self - Poet - Political Analyst

Juanita Kreps

as Self - First Woman Secretary of Commerce

Rene

as Self - Painter, Sculptor

Steve Buscemi

as Ted

Richard Leighton

as Guard

Mark Folger

as Kevin

Geoff Lee

as Co-Worker Nuclear Plant

Rae C. Wright

as Jane

Gustavo de la Vina

as Self - Deputy Chief Patrol Agent

John Draper

as Self (archive footage)