Jesse Salmeron's, This Is America (Trailer)
Local filmmaker Jesse Salmeron just released the trailer to his upcoming film, This Is America. A very timely film that every Democrat must watch to be reminded what we are supposed to be fighting for.
"This is America" is the story of a family torn apart by deportation. Jose is a gifted undocumented student attending college in Austin on a full academic scholarship. He is a junior pre-law student who excels in all his classes. He is originally from Houston. He has a younger brother and was raised solely by his mother. While away at college, a raid is conducted by ICE on his mother’s workplace and she is deported. Jose leaves school and for the next few days he is in limbo back in Houston, unsure whether his little brother and him should pack up and join their mother in Mexico. One of the major themes in the work is the fear and paranoia of the community after they are hit with two major raids. Mothers afraid to allow their children to play outside or even go to school, workers afraid to go to work in fear of continued raids. The major sub-plot in the film is Jose’s relationship with Celeste (another gifted student he runs into at college who is also from his neighborhood). They fall in love but the relationship is complicated by Celeste’s overprotective, violent cousin Gustavo. This is America.
"This is America" is the story of a family torn apart by deportation. Jose is a gifted undocumented student attending college in Austin on a full academic scholarship. He is a junior pre-law student who excels in all his classes. He is originally from Houston. He has a younger brother and was raised solely by his mother. While away at college, a raid is conducted by ICE on his mother’s workplace and she is deported. Jose leaves school and for the next few days he is in limbo back in Houston, unsure whether his little brother and him should pack up and join their mother in Mexico. One of the major themes in the work is the fear and paranoia of the community after they are hit with two major raids. Mothers afraid to allow their children to play outside or even go to school, workers afraid to go to work in fear of continued raids. The major sub-plot in the film is Jose’s relationship with Celeste (another gifted student he runs into at college who is also from his neighborhood). They fall in love but the relationship is complicated by Celeste’s overprotective, violent cousin Gustavo. This is America.
posted by Dos Centavos at 10:59 AM
1 Comments:
I was very fortunated to be a VIP the premiere of this movie, if I was to rate it, I would give FIVE TARS. I encourage every one to go see it when comes to the big screen! we need to support this young producer, who beside being so talented, is an outstanding individual involved in the community helping people and sending a message about the necessity to pass an inmigration law!
GO JESSE!
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