El Inmigrante (2005)

Original title

El inmigrante

Directed by

Dave Eckenrode, John Eckenrode, John Sheedy

Genre

documentary film

Country

Mexico, United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary examines the deaths of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. It focuses on one specific encounter between a Mexican man named Eusebio de Haro Espinosa and a Texan named Sam Blackwood, showing how their paths crossed.

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What happens

El inmigrante ("The Immigrant") is a 2005 documentary directed and written by brothers David and John Eckenrode along with John Sheedy, about immigrant deaths along the U.S.-Mexico border. The film documents the story of the fatal encounter between Mexican migrant Eusebio de Haro Espinosa and elderly Texan Sam Blackwood, close to Blackwood's property near the international border. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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