Filmmaker Arturo Perez Torres follows in the footsteps of two friends traveling on an extraordinary and extremely dangerous journey from Central America to North America. On their journey they encounter gangs and vigilantes as well as border patrol. But these immigrants navigate real-life nightmares with uncanny calm, grace and even humor in their perilous pursuit of the a better life.
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An unusual friendship in an agitated political context.
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Rosa is a Mexican woman who, at the age of 17, migrated illegally to Austin, Texas. Some years later, she was jailed under suspicion of murder and...
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Cuban drummer Elvis García reflects on his journey from Havana to Miami, struggling to make his way in the American city as a professional...
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At America's elite MIT, a Ghanaian alum follows four African students as they strive to graduate and become agents of change for their home countries...
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Narratives of Modern Genocide challenges the audience to experience first-person accounts of survivors of genocide. Sichan Siv and Gilbert Tuhabonye...
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As queer trans and gender non-conforming children of the Vietnamese diaspora, we are fragmented at the crossroads of being displaced from not only a...
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In 1892, Ellis Island, in New York Bay, became the main gateway to the United States for immigrants arriving increasingly from Europe. The story of...
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In Greensboro, NC, a small church community offers sanctuary to Juana Ortega, a Guatemalan grandmother threatened with deportation after 25 years of...
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At the turn of the century, Sephardic Jews fled the turmoil of their homeland to start a new life in America. Filled with interviews, archival photos...
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A short film documenting the immigrant experience. Open-borders? Policing? Naturalizing? Etc.
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Because of the poor employment situation in Finland, many families and single people decided to move to Sweden to seek employment in the 1960s and...
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The documentary follows the life of Farroukh, a young Tajik immigrant who lives in Moscow outskirts with his family and does odd jobs in dreams of...