THE INFILTRATORS is a docu-thriller that tells the true story of young immigrants who are detained by Border Patrol and thrown into a shadowy for-profit detention center—on purpose. Marco and Viri are members of the National Immigrant Youth Alliance, a group of radical DREAMers who are on a mission to stop unjust deportations. And the best place to stop deportations, they believe, is in detention. However, when Marco and Viri attempt a daring reverse ‘prison break,’ things don’t go according to plan. By weaving together documentary footage of the real infiltrators with re-enactments of the events inside the detention center, THE INFILTRATORS tells an incredible and thrilling true story in a genre-defying new cinematic language.
- Year2020
- Runtime95 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Spanish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorCristina Ibarra, Alex Rivera
- ProducerCristina Ibarra, Alex Rivera, Darren Dean, Daniel J. Chalfen
- CastMarco Saavedra, Viridiana Martinez, Maynor Alvarado (as Marco), Chelsea Rendon (as Viridiana), Manuel Uriza (as Claudio), Juan Gabriel Pareja (as Beni), Vik Sahay (as Ashan)
THE INFILTRATORS is a docu-thriller that tells the true story of young immigrants who are detained by Border Patrol and thrown into a shadowy for-profit detention center—on purpose. Marco and Viri are members of the National Immigrant Youth Alliance, a group of radical DREAMers who are on a mission to stop unjust deportations. And the best place to stop deportations, they believe, is in detention. However, when Marco and Viri attempt a daring reverse ‘prison break,’ things don’t go according to plan. By weaving together documentary footage of the real infiltrators with re-enactments of the events inside the detention center, THE INFILTRATORS tells an incredible and thrilling true story in a genre-defying new cinematic language.
- Year2020
- Runtime95 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Spanish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorCristina Ibarra, Alex Rivera
- ProducerCristina Ibarra, Alex Rivera, Darren Dean, Daniel J. Chalfen
- CastMarco Saavedra, Viridiana Martinez, Maynor Alvarado (as Marco), Chelsea Rendon (as Viridiana), Manuel Uriza (as Claudio), Juan Gabriel Pareja (as Beni), Vik Sahay (as Ashan)