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Promised Sky baptizes the audience in the warm waters of empathy. In her second narrative feature, director, and co-writer Erige Sehiri, weaves the story of three Black women as they navigate living in Tunisia and the appearance of a little girl who is the sole survivor of a shipwreck. Intertwining reality and fiction, Erige weaves together a sober meditation on the condition of the oft-demonized African migrant population.… read more.
Of all the issues dividing the United States in 2023, immigration tops the list. So, it’s not surprising that many filmmakers have viewed this perennially relevant topic as a rich source of storytelling for decades. Now, director Kevin Casanova Abrams—in collaboration with screenwriter Claire Audrey Aguayo—adds one more heartbreaking account to that list with Marisol (a coming-of-age film that is set to take on the big screen on September 1).… read more.
Co-directors Cristina Ibarra and Alex Rivera’s docu-thriller The Infiltrators (available in virtual cinemas May 1) tells the true story of young immigrants who are detained by Border Patrol and thrown into a shadowy for-profit detention center— on purpose. With the current political turmoil, uncertainty, COVID-19 and immigration changes, this film shows us that if we are strong enough to fight the system together, we can succeed.… read more.