For nearly 30 years, the Berlin Wall was a prominent physical manifestation of social and ideological conflict. It separated East from West, capitalist from communist, and entrenched two competing visions of freedom and prosperity backed by world powers far removed from the realities of those living in its shadow. Though the Wall has now been gone for as long as it stood, directors Courtney Stephens and Pacho Velez explore in their documentary The American Sector whether its fundamental divisions were not so readily demolished. The pair travels across America, visiting segments of the Wall that were salvaged and shipped overseas to become public monuments, personal collectibles, corporate lobby decorations, and more. Through incisive editing and picturesque 16mm photography, their conversations with tourists and historians and passers-by enrich a simple travelogue conceit into a moving meditation on what we memorialize and how that can be used to bring people together or keep them apart. —Zack Miller