The way that our movie has been obtained this past 12 months, even receiving an Independent Spirit Award a couple months in the past, really highlights the arbitrariness of those citizenship requirements, as a result of, clearly, our movies are making an affect. SET HERNANDEZ: Yeah, in the unbiased documentary landscape right here, not less than in the U.S., or maybe even in the world, you recognize, not less than right here within the U.S. You recognize, I really feel like so much of the media portrayal additionally of how immigrants and undocumented people make modifications on this country is through the realm of political activism and organizing. SET HERNANDEZ: Yeah, I feel just like the discourse about immigration the previous 20 years, 10 years even, you know, has principally targeted on DREAMers, such as you mentioned, DACA recipients. Also final yr, we launched the first-ever report on the interplay of child welfare, immigration and criminal justice programs, illuminating how the shaming device of “illegal” plays out. And as a lot as those moments of organizing are necessary in our movements, I think we really wish to amplify different ways that we are able to contribute to the motion work that we do, and, in Pedro, via the healing justice work that he does as a social worker.
January 2026