The Undocumented
Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2013
June 13 - 24, 2013
New York premiere & Q&A with filmmaker!
Expertly weaves Marcos Hernandez’s search for his father in Arizona’s Sonora Desert with efforts by humanitarians and Border Patrol agents to prevent migrant deaths and the work of medical investigators to identify remains.
New York premiere & Q&A with filmmaker!
The Undocumented tells the story of Marcos Hernandez, an undocumented Mexican living and working in Chicago. Marcos came to the United States, crossing through the Sonora Desert in southern Arizona. Chronicled over the course of Arizona’s deadly summer months, the film weaves Marcos’ search for his father with the efforts of humanitarians and Border Patrol agents who try to prevent migrant deaths, medical investigators and the Mexican Consulate who work to identify dead border crossers, and Mexicans who struggle to accept the loss of a family member.
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