UID:
almahu_9949608868902882
Format:
1 online resource (streaming video file) (75 minutes):
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digital, .flv file, sound
Content:
Felipe, an undocumented Mexican immigrant, has reached a crossroad. After living 16 years in Brooklyn, working three-paying jobs, and sending the bulk of his earnings to his wife and children in Mexico, he's decided to return home to the family he hasn't seen in almost two decades. But when he informs them of his plans, he discovers that they've squandered the money, are deeply in debt and don't want him to return. They need him to stay in the U.S. and continue to earn. Shot over two years in the heart of Brooklyn's immigrant community, I'M LEAVING NOW is a searing and intimate portrait of one undocumented worker on the margins. The film brings a warm humanity to one of the most pressing political issues of our time, without sentimentalizing or trivializing its subject. In allowing the rhythms, emotions and sounds of Felipe's day-to-day life to drive the story, filmmakers Lindsey Cordero and Armando Croda open an impressionistic, cinematic window onto a life that otherwise would remain unseen.
Note:
Title from title frames.
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Film
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In Process Record.
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Originally produced by Cinema Guild in 2019.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language:
Spanish
Keywords:
Documentary films.
URL:
A Kanopy streaming video
