Lawrence Abu Hamdan's 45th Parallel examines the complexities of borders and the laws that govern the threshold of the Haskell Free Library and Opera House, a unique municipal building that spans the U.S.-Canadian border. This site serves as the backdrop for a thought-provoking exploration of the 2010 shooting of an unarmed 15-year-old Mexican by a U.S. Border Patrol agent and the controversial use of drones for killings in Afghanistan, Yemen, and Pakistan.
45th Parallel
Lawrence Abu Hamdan's 45th Parallel explores the paradoxes of borders and the laws that govern the threshold area of the Haskell Free Library and Opera House, a municipal building that spans the U.S.-Canadian border.
