{"id":17438,"date":"2018-12-05T10:54:56","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T18:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/?post_type=films&#038;p=17438"},"modified":"2024-11-14T15:00:45","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T23:00:45","slug":"marcos-doesnt-live-here-anymore","status":"publish","type":"films","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/marcos-doesnt-live-here-anymore\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcos Doesn&#8217;t Live Here Anymore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A special presentation of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Independent Lens<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, FRONTLINE and VOCES. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From acclaimed filmmaker David Sutherland (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kind-Hearted Woman, Country Boys, The Farmer\u2019s Wife<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), <\/span><b><i>Marcos Doesn&#8217;t Live Here Anymore <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">examines the US immigration system through the eyes of two unforgettable protagonists whose lives reveal the human cost of deportation. Elizabeth Perez, a decorated US Marine veteran living in Cleveland, fights to reunite her family after her undocumented husband, Marcos, is deported. Meanwhile, Marcos is alone in Mexico, working as a soccer referee, struggling with depression and fighting the urge to cross the border illegally to see his family. With his signature raw, unfiltered intimacy, Sutherland weaves a parallel love story that takes us into a world often lived in the shadows. When Elizabeth&#8217;s efforts hit a legal brick wall, she must plan for the unthinkable alternative: leaving the US with her children to live in exile in Mexico.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8220;He is missing their entire life,&#8221; Elizabeth says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows Elizabeth on her mission to bring back Marcos, which she pursues with the take-no-prisoners attitude of a Marine squad leader. She strategizes with lawyers and organizers on how best to move a seemingly unmovable government bureaucracy and, bullhorn in hand, speaks to crowds of immigrants, advocating for rights and better treatment for undocumented workers and their families. Sutherland also follows Marcos in Mexico where we witness his efforts to cope with the frustration of his situation, caught between the temptation of crossing the border illegally or moving on without his wife and kids. Ever the Marine, Elizabeth struggles to remain \u201calways faithful, to God, to family, and to this country,\u201d as the pressures of her long-distance marriage continue to build. Yet, even if they find a way to reunite, they confront the looming question of whether they can be a family after all these years of separation and disappointment. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marcos Doesn\u2019t Live Here Anymore <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tells a profoundly human story of complicated, imperfect people doing their best to cope with what life has dealt them.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A special presentation of Independent Lens, FRONTLINE and VOCES. From acclaimed filmmaker David Sutherland (Kind-Hearted Woman, Country Boys, The Farmer\u2019s Wife), Marcos Doesn&#8217;t Live Here Anymore examines the US immigration system through the eyes of two unforgettable protagonists whose lives reveal the human cost of deportation. 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