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America

Country: United States, Language: English, Portuguese, 23 mins

  • Director: Aly Muritiba
  • Writer: Aly Muritiba
  • Producer: Luca Castellani, Eric Michael Kochmer, Nate Lipp, Aly Muritiba, Juliana Sakae, Talize Sayegh, Whit Spurgeon, Kyle Strigenz

CGiii Comment

It all starts off with...what a job!

Wait...just, wait! Ancestral vengeance!?! WTF!

There's more, much more...ICE! 

Undocumented migrants work, they keep things, themselves, their families going - they do what they have got do...to keep living. Undocumented = no benefits.

It's the 'legal' migrants who bleed the system [dry]...for what they can get without giving back...ultimately, they colonise.

Why was this exceptional short film not considered by 'The Academy'?


Trailer...

The(ir) Blurb...

Tom is a Brazilian immigrant in search of the American dream. Josh is a writer chasing his next story. When the two meet, Tom's dream seems to come true. But in their way stands a police officer.

Cast & Characters

Luca Castellani (as Tom)
Travis Johns (as Cop)
Sherry Mandujano (as MANOELA)
Brandon Delsid (as Brandon)
Gabi Del Moral (as Mercedes)
João Gabbriel (as Tom's Friend)
Cheyenne Jackson (as Cowboy)