I m afraid. I hope to God they won t catch and deport me. Optimist Films has released a trailer for the documentary
Five Years North, which originally premiered at last year s Full Frame Film Festival. It also played at last year s San Antonio Film Festival; the film opens first at the Film Forum cinema in NYC at the end of this month.
Five Years North is the coming-of-age story of Luis, an undocumented Guatemalan boy who just arrived alone in New York City. He struggles to work, study, and evade Judy - the Cuban-American ICE officer patrolling his neighborhood. The directors say they didn’t set out to make an immigration film, but after meeting Luis while working on another project, and followed him as he made his way up to NYC. It also took a while for them to get approval to film ICE. And the result is this moving film showing both sides.
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San Antonio Police Officers Joe Smarro, left, and Ernie Stevens pose at San Antonio Police Training Academy in 2019.Josie Norris /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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San Antonio Police Officer Ernie Stevens says that, as a cop, mental health calls were the calls he despised the most.Josie Norris /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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In a still from the HBO documentary “Ernie & Joe,” Ernie Stevens and Joe Smarro of the San Antonio Police Department mental health unit patrol the streets of San Antonio, responding to calls throughout the city.HBOShow MoreShow Less
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