Co-directed by AFS Grant alumnus Cristina Ibarra, THE INFILTRATORS is a docu-thriller that tells the true story of young immigrants who are detained by Border Patrol and thrown into a shadowy for-profit detention center—on purpose. Marco and Viri are members of the National Immigrant Youth Alliance, a group of radical DREAMers who are on a mission to stop unjust deportations. And the best place to stop deportations, they believe, is in detention. However, when Marco and Viri attempt a daring reverse ‘prison break,’ things don’t go according to plan. By weaving together documentary footage of the real infiltrators with re-enactments of the events inside the detention center, THE INFILTRATORS tells an incredible and thrilling true story in a genre-defying new cinematic language.

Watch our Virtual Intro by Erica Deiparine Sugars:

https://youtu.be/f4od1V21_Bo

Watch our Virtual Q&A with filmmakers Cristina Ibarra and Alex Rivera:

REVIEWS

“Despite all its importance this is, at its core, almost a popcorn movie.” – Evan Saathoff, Birth Movies Death

“Equal parts journalistic exposé and taut drama, and one hundred percent cinema.” – Christopher Llewellyn Reed, Hammer To Nail

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