Native American Tribe Fights Trump's Border Wall

I handled location audio for this ABC News feature on a Native American tribe’s opposition to border wall construction through their ancestral territory. I’ve recorded in the borderlands of Arizona multiple times — the terrain is remote, acoustically open, and the issues are deeply human.

The production involves field coverage in the borderlands, community interviews, and potentially legal or government settings. Working in remote desert locations at the US-Mexico border means planning for the acoustic challenges of open terrain: wind, aircraft from border patrol operations, and the ambient of a landscape that is simultaneously beautiful and contested. Getting clean dialogue from tribal leaders and community members while capturing the authentic ambient of the land is the audio dimension of this story.