"The Infiltrators" - CANCELED

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What can a group of undocumented immigrants in the United States do against the abuses of the for-profit immigrant detention system? A hybrid of cinematic approaches, The Infiltrators, directed by Cristina Ibarra and Sundance award-winner Alex Rivera, combines vital documentary filmmaking with a gripping human-rights thriller in this true story of immigrant detention and deportation. With equal parts laughter, fear, outrage, and courage, the film follows a group of visionary Dreamers and activists, bringing us into their circle and into increasing peril alongside them on a high-stakes mission for justice.

 

 

Introduction by David Hernández (Mount Holyoke College).

Co-director Alex Rivera will be present.

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Introduced By

David Hernández, Associate Professor of Latina/o Studies at Mount Holyoke College, will introduce The Infiltrators. Hernández specializes in immigration policy, and, more specifically, detention, deportation, and Latina/o history. His articles, essays, and reviews have been published in Latin/o Studies, the Journal of Race and Policy, NACLA: Report on the Americas, Perspectives in Mexican American Studies, American Quarterly, Aztlán, Contemporary Sociology, and Law and Society Review. Hernández is currently completing a book manuscript about the U.S. detention regime tentatively entitled “Alien Incarcerations: Immigrant Detention and Lesser Citizenship”.