A short 2019 documentary that captures the joy and heartbreak of families separated by the U.S.-Mexico border sharing a short but bittersweet reunion in 2018.
Opinion – Although only 28 minutes, it’s nicely crafted. First of all, I really it like how different it starts, with voice recordings of the phone calls between separated families before their reunion. Much emotion is conveyed with only hearing each other, but it becomes even more real when they finally meet face to face. Although the music throughout could have been excluded; however, the tense music does match the thrilling minutes, the film was still well-made. As an immigrant myself, I know how beautiful moment it is to see your family again when so long separated, but compared to the years of separation so of them have experience is unimaginable. #hugsnotwalls 🙂
Director – Everardo González; Length – 28 minutes; Language – Spanish with English subtitles
Interesting articles on the backstory of the documentary. [Hyperlinked]
Available on Netflix.
Documenting Life 