Underplayed Gems

Coyote (2007)

Coyote poster
Directed by
Brian Petersen
Genre
comedy, drama, thriller
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
NR
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Two friends smuggle a deported boy back into the US. Then they decide to turn the smuggling into a for-profit business. The movie follows what happens as their operation starts to fall apart.

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What happens

Coyote is a 2007 independent film created by Brian Petersen and Brett Spackman. After a friend's son is deported to Mexico, the two main characters smuggle him back into the United States. After seeing the desperate plight and unscrupulous people who are generally involved in smuggling people into the United States, the friends decide to apply business principles to the issue. They set up a business venture to smuggle more people in for profit, becoming coyote smugglers. The movie chronicles the events that occur as the business venture begins to unravel. The film was produced by Devin Colvin and Chris Wyatt and did a successful festival run in 2008, garnering 7 awards including "Best Film" at both the Big Bear Lake International Film Festival and at the TriMedia Film Festival, and "Best Actor" for Petersen (who also plays a lead role) at the San Diego Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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