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 Merrill Aldighieri, Joe Tripician

Cast

Robert Anton Wilson

as Himself - Philosopher / Author

Brian Freemantle

as Himself - Author / Journalist

Michio Kaku

as Himself - Prof. Theoretical Physics, CUNY (as Dr. Michio Kaku)

Margaret Randall

as Herself - Poet / Political Analyst

Juanita Kreps

as Herself - First Woman Secy. of Commerce

Rene

as Himself - Painter / Sculptor

Steve Buscemi

as Ted

Richard Leighton

as Guard

Mark Folger

as Kevin

Mark Boone Junior

as Bob (as Mark Boone Jr.)

Geoff Lee

as Co-Worker Nuclear Plant

Rae C. Wright

as Jane

Gustavo de la Vina

as Himself (as Deputy Chief Patrol Agent Gustavo de la Vina)

John Draper

as Himself (archive footage) (as Captain Crunch)