2020 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

UndocuCinema

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Enter a meditative journey of intimate ritual into the filmmaker's spiritual rebirth.
BORROWED DREAMS
Two South Asian sisters struggle to maintain their relationship once their parents disappear.
FAITH - A DREAMER'S JOURNEY
A short documentary that chronicles a Dreamer's personal story as a low-income, undocumented, Latina immigrant who is also a first-generation college student.
HOW ARE YOU
A first generation college student is caught navigating between her college and home life, revealing the deep emotions she feels towards her family.
IZEL
A homeless teenager finds peace and wonder in astronomy and a telescope that he builds.
ROCIO
After a terminal cancer diagnosis, an undocumented mother of three must choose between facing certain death in the US or seeking alternative treatment in Mexico.
SHADED COMPLEXION
When Dante is given a chance to make a film, he must go back to his hometown to reconnect with his past life and friends in order to narrate the untold stories, beauty, and scars of people of color.
ZOILA
An elderly Salvadoran immigrant woman pushes her cart through the streets of Los Angeles, selling clothes to support herself.
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This film program is only available to viewers in the United States from October 1, 2020 at 12pm PT to October 31, 2020 at 11:59pm PT.


The UndocuCinema shorts program features films by members from the Undocumented Filmmakers Collective, showcasing a diverse range of narratives, both beautifully uplifting and tragically traumatizing on a collective common subject: the immigrant experience. These stories normalize what it means to be undocumented in an era of an uncertain political climate that is constantly placing labels on a community of everyday people. We are not these sad narratives that the media attempts to portray us, but are virtuous, everyday people who are also creators in this industry of filmmaking. — Paolo Rein


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When Dante is given a chance to make a film, he must go back to his hometown to reconnect with his past life and friends in order to narrate the untold stories, beauty, and scars of people of color.

  • Year
    2019
  • Director
    Paolo Rein
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