"In To the End of the Earth, Hordes explores the remarkable story of crypto-Jews and the tenuous preservation of Jewish rituals and traditions in Mexico and New Mexico over the past five hundred years. He follows the crypto-Jews from their Jewish origins in medieval Spain and Portugal to their efforts to escape inquisitorial persecution by migrating to the New World and settling in the far reaches of the northern Mexican frontier." "Drawing on individual...

From award-winning novelist Mary Morris comes the remarkable story of a remote New Mexican town coming to grips with a dark history it never imagined. In 1492, the Jewish and Muslim populations of Spain were expelled, and Columbus set sail for America. Luis de Torres, a Spanish Jew, accompanies Columbus as his interpreter. His journey is only the beginning of a long migration, across many generations. Over the centuries, de Torres' descendants travel...

"Follow the acequias as they weave down the hills and across the fields of Northern New Mexico, to hear the stories of villagers linked by these ditches. Just as acequia water energizes the soil, it also energizes a whole community revealed by the voices of farmers and youth in their passion for the land and this way of life. This beautifully filmed award-winning documentary describes the centuries-old irrigation tradition that is still a vital...