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El Inmigrante is a documentary film that examines the Mexican and American border crisis by telling the story of Eusebio de Haro, a young Mexican migrant who was shot and killed during one of his journeys north. The film presents a distinct humanitarian focus in which story and character take precedent over policy and empiricism. Towards this end “El Inmigrante” examines the perspectives of a diverse cast of players in this border narrative. A cast which includes the de Haro family, the community of Brackettville, Texas–where Eusebio was shot, members of vigilante border militias in Arizona, the horseback border patrol in El Paso, and migrants en route to an uncertain future in the United States.
"Grippingly told."
–NP Thompson, GreenCine Daily
"A moving political commentary, far more humane than didactic."
–Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
"Highly recommended...this story of continuing injustice speaks for itself."
–Richard von Busack, San Jose Metroactive
"El Inmigrante...is often as evenhanded as it is smartly elegiac.”
–Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post
"Even while tackling a hot-button issue, El Inmigrante remains always aware of the human life at its center. Like all great dramas, the film is an inquiry into the truth, picking up enlightening shards of social and economic travails along the way, its purpose succinctly summed up by one of the interviews—“There won’t be justice, but maybe there will be consciousness.”
–Fernando F. Croce, Cinequest Online
"This documentary attempts to save the human aspect of the immigration debate."
–César Arredondo, Ventura County Star
"This film needs to be sent to Washington DC."
–Yolanda Peña, Border Action Network
"A Graphic and disturbing documentary."
–Evanston Review
"Just damn good."
–Nat Dykeman, Lake County Film Festival Director
Awards
Jury Award – Best Feature - 3rd Indianapolis International Film Festival
Best Documentary Directors - Silver Lake Film Festival
Jury Award – Best Documentary - Omaha Film Festival
Jury Award – Best Documentary - Lake County Film Festival
Audience Award – Best Documentary - Durango Independent Film Festival
Best Documentary - Harlem International Film Festival
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