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Roots & Routes

Roots & Routes

Available: Oct 21, 2024 14:00
Until: Nov 23, 2024 23:59
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This block of films delves into the immigrant experience, highlighting the challenges, hopes, and triumphs of those who navigate new worlds while holding onto their roots.
DREAMERS DREAMERS

DREAMERS

JUAN (24) is traveling together with three other guys SAMUEL (28) AIDA (26) ADAM (32) in the back of a truck. The four guys are crossing the border as immigrants to enter the United States, in search of a stable life and the realization of their dreams. The four find themselves locked inside the back of a truck, without seeing the light for days, without being able to eat or drink, dirty and tired.
After ADAM tooks out a bottle of water from which he took a small sip and offered it to his travel companions, the four guys begin to talk about their goals, their dreams and the reasons that prompted them to embark on that journey and each one tells his own personal story.
In the distance the noise of sirens is becoming more and more persistent and close. The immigrants begin to experience moments of terror, with the fear that all their dreams could go up in smoke at any moment. The truck stops suddenly and after some investigations, police decides to open the truck, blinding the four immigrants with the external light.
9 minutes
Maison Maison

Maison

An African man seeks directions to the airport at a rural U.S. gas station.
8 minutes
Passage Passage

Passage

A broken heart, the perilous voyage of a migrant, the grief of a loved one, a mental health crisis…PASSAGE explores a universal journey through movement.
7 minutes
Above the Desert with No Name Above the Desert with No Name

Above the Desert with No Name

Above the Desert with No Name is a short film that begins with the real-world issue of women fleeing into the United States to escape domestic violence in their own country. The story is seen through the eyes of twelve-year old, Silvia, who has already witnessed how sexual violence can shape the world around her. She is joined by her eight-year-old brother, Hector, and her young mother, Maria. After illegally crossing the border the trio end up at a cousin's apartment for safety and hopefully a new start. But soon old patterns begin to emerge around them. Silvia finds solace sitting alone on the balcony of their apartment building. One day Silvia secretly spies on a neighbor doing strange, poetic movements synchronized with breath-work. Silvia has an incandescent experience watching this Medicine Woman in what she and the audience learn to be a spiritual yoga practice. After mimicking along with the Medicine Woman on several occasions something awakens within Silvia that connects her beyond the limitations of her reality and syncs her with the magic realism of the natural world. The awakening of her divine femininity resonates on full display in the film's dramatic climax. This story at its core is about the intersection of trauma, yoga and mysticism and the profound effect on young girls who find self-realization and have the ability to break familial patterns for their future. It is a story of hope.
16 minutes
Pretend I'm Not Here Pretend I'm Not Here

Pretend I'm Not Here

A Spanish-English phone interpreter hears a familiar voice on the other end of a call with a migrant detention facility.
10 minutes
Expanding Sanctuary Expanding Sanctuary

Expanding Sanctuary

An immigrant mother emerges as a community leader during the historic campaign to end the sharing of the Philadelphia police database with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Expanding Sanctuary tells a rarely told story about a Latinx immigrant community’s successful journey to change legislation and protect families.
20 minutes

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