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Short | Nonfiction | U.S.A
Digital
In the midst of intense political division in the United States and sentiments of fear under new socialist tendencies in Colombia, questions arise for immigrants about cultural identity, individualism and economic opportunity in an endless pursuit of the American Dream.
Facing what could become the worst border crisis in the country’s history, No se ve desde acá aims to document the contrast held by communities arriving in the U.S. under starkly different circumstances. Much like the people it is about, the film is suspended in that stasis between arriving and finding belonging, moving associatively through observational vignettes in contemporary Miami, juxtaposed with a collection of video archives that range as far back as the 1930’s, revealing an obsession with American individualism and alluding to an immigrant population that is next in line for a mass mobilization.
*2023 Carole Fielding Student Grant Awardee
Directed, Photographed & Edited by
Enrique Pedráza-Botero
Producers
Faye Tsakas
Enrique Pedráza-Botero
Production Assistant
Sruti Visweswaran
Technical Support
Christopher Nguyen
Joel Rakowski
Sound Mix
Dan Olmsted
Color Grading
Robert Arnold
Faculty Advisor
Rodrigo Reyes
Natalia Almada
Srdan Keca
Made with the support of:
The Maiken Baird and Timothy Luke Fund
UFVA Carole Fielding Grant
Pacific Pioneer Fund
Produced in the Documentary Film M.F.A. Program
Department of Art & Art History
Stanford University