A 15-minute citizenship cram session that'll wreck your heart and renew your faith.
A Ghanaian maintenance technician at a Virginia retirement community dreams of becoming an American citizen to provide a better life for his family. With their future at stake, he enlists the help of two elderly residents to prepare for the biggest test of his life: the US Citizenship exam.
Direction
Two directors, zero wasted seconds.
Acting
Real people, real stakes, no performance.
Director
Laura Waters Hinson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot at an actual Virginia retirement community, the film blurs documentary and narrative in ways that make 'real' feel staged and 'staged' feel devastatingly real.
The 100-question citizenship pool hasn't significantly changed since 2008; this film quietly asks who these rote questions actually serve.
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