Coming to theatres today, Friday, May 28:
FIVE YEARS NORTH
Director:
Zach Ingrasci, Chris Temple
World Premiere:
Full Frame 2020 (unscreened)
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Seattle, Mountainfilm
About:
An exploration of the complexity of the immigration debate through the stories of an undocumented Guatemalan teenager and a Cuban-American ICE agent.
The film screened as part of DOC NYC, for which our program notes read:
After making the dangerous journey from his native Guatemala to New York City, 15-year-old Luis struggles to balance attending school and finding work to support his family back home. Meanwhile, Judy, a Cuban-American ICE agent, faces her own internal conflict with the shifting enforcement priorities of her longtime career, from targeting criminals to nonviolent undocumented individuals. As these two worlds near a collision, their parallel tales present a complex and nuanced take on both immigration and civic duty.
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