Underplayed Gems

Which Way Home (2009)

Which Way Home poster
Directed by
Rebecca Cammisa
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
7.9 of 10 from 24 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This documentary follows children traveling alone from Central America and Mexico through Mexico on freight trains hoping to reach the United States. It shows the dangerous and uncertain journey they face.

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What happens

Which Way Home is a 2009 documentary film directed by Rebecca Cammisa that follows several children who are attempting to get from Mexico and Central America to the United States on top of a freight train that crosses Mexico known as "La Bestia" (The Beast). Cammisa received a Fulbright Scholar Grant to make the documentary in 2006. The film premiered on HBO on August 24, 2009. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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