A rag-tag group of undocumented youth – Dreamers – deliberately get detained by Border Patrol in order to infiltrate a shadowy, for-profit detention center.
Direction
Seamless blend of documentary and staged reenactments.
Writing
Real detainees' voices drive every scripted moment.
Editing
Cuts between reality and performance create disorienting urgency.
Director
Alex Rivera
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The filmmakers smuggled recording equipment into the actual detention center using the same methods shown on screen.
Released under Trump but filmed under Obama, exposing how bipartisan the deportation machine really is.
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