POV Season 33

Trailer | 10/05/2020 | 2 Mins

A true story of two young immigrants who get purposefully arrested by Border Patrol, and put in a shadowy for-profit detention center. The film follows Marco and Viri, members of a group of radical Dreamers who are on a mission to stop deportations. And the best place to stop deportations, they believe, is in detention. Official Selection, Sundance Film Festival. A co-presentation of Latino Public Broadcasting.

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Infiltrators

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Lesson plan The Infiltrators: Examinations of Immigrant Detainment, Safety, and Strategies for Resistance
Discussion guide The Infiltrators Discussion Guide
Reading list The Infiltrators Delve Deeper Reading List

Film Credits —

Cristina Ibarra Director/Producer
Alex Rivera Director

About the Film —

Critical Acclaim —

“Ibarra and Rivera maintain an effortless balance between genre-rooted entertainment and concern for real human suffering.”

— John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter