Destierros (2017)

Directed by

Hubert Caron-Guay

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

PG

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows Central American migrants trying to reach the United States or Canada for a better life. It shows their journey at a time when the US Mexican border is closing under Donald Trump.

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What happens

Destierros is a 2017 Canadian documentary film, directed by Hubert Caron-Guay The film centres on migrants from Central America who are desperate to emigrate to the United States or Canada for a better life, amid the context of Donald Trump's attempts to close the US-Mexican border. The film premiered at the 2017 Visions du Réel in Nyon, Switzerland. It received four Prix Iris nominations at the 20th Quebec Cinema Awards, for Best Documentary Film, Best Cinematography in a Documentary (Étienne Roussy), Best sound in a Documentary (Alexis Pilon-Gladu and Samuel Gagnon-Thibodeau) and Best Editing in a Documentary (Ariane Pétel-Despots). Destierros was released in theatres on 19 January 2018. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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