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The Infiltrators

Dir. Cristina Ibarra, Alex Rivera / 2020 / 95 min

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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.
WINNER
Audience Award, Sundance Film Festival
Best of NEXT, Sundance Film Festival
Best Documentary Feature, Blackstar Film Festival
Rogue Award, Ashland Independent Film Festival
Best U.S. Latinx Film, Cinema Tropical Awards
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Supporters
DCTV is supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, with the support of Council Member Margaret Chin. DCTV is also supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. DCTV is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. DCTV is supported by the Manhattan Borough President, Gale Brewer.


