The American Dream has a trapdoor, and it's swinging wide open.
A Mexican social activist fearing for his life seeks asylum in the U.S. He finds illegal work on a Vermont dairy farm alongside other undocumented workers. Here he learns that their ambiguous status leaves them vulnerable to the injustice, abuse and cruelty they were escaping from.
Acting
De la Cortina's haunted stillness says more than dialogue ever could.
Cinematography
Vermont's pastoral beauty weaponized against its hidden brutality.
Director
Christian de la Cortina
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Vermont's dairy industry depends on roughly 1,000-1,500 undocumented workers, a deliberately invisible workforce.
Director de la Cortina—a Quebec filmmaker of Mexican descent—spent years researching migrant labor conditions before filming.
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