Free and Open to the Public
Date: Saturday, Feb. 17
Time: 3:00 pm
Location: The Robin Theatre (Directions HERE)
Genre: Documentary and Animation
Language: English
Country: Mexico 🇲🇽 and USA
Duration: 87 minutes
Presented by Oscar Castañeda, Community Organizer with the Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation
ABOUT THE FILM
An animated feature documentary providing a window into the hearts and minds of immigrant youth and their undocumented families. This 2D feature “animentary” features three personal stories about immigrant youth to highlight the complexities and challenges they face today. Voiced by the actual children and their families, the stories are woven together by spoken word poet Lalo “El Deportee”, the film’s host and MC whose vibrant “Spanglish” breaks codes, switches standards, and pushes the viewer to decipher his poems. Each story has its own unique visual animation style drawn by three different teams. The animation allows us to truly see and feel these characters’ worst nightmares, alongside their colorful hopes and dreams for a better future.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Carlos Hagerman studied Masters in Film Directing at New York University with a Fulbright Scholarship. After eight years on the directors’ team of Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s production company, Carlos went on to open his own production company, La Sombra del Guayabo, with his working partner Martha Sosa. Carlos has produced and directed award-winning documentary films like “Los que se quedan”, “Vuelve a la vida”, “El patio de mi casa”. Also co-produced Maya Goded’s “Plaza de la Soledad” and Luciana Kaplan’s “Rush Hour”. He is also a funding partner of Brinca Animation Studio.
MSU Latinx Film Festival 