America's Family (Feature)
EDITOR
When ICE raids the Diaz family home on Thanksgiving, Mother Marisol is arrested and locked up in detention, son Koke is deported to Mexico, and Father Jorge flees for protective sanctuary in a local synagogue. The two American-born children; young attorney Emiliano and his teen sister Valentina (while also managing her epilepsy) race to do whatever they can to reunite the family while their parents and brother do what they must to get home.
The film premiered at the Dances with Films festival in 2022 and won the Audience Award & Grand Jury Prize.
Other festivals:
2022 Best Narrative Feature Roxbury International Film Festival
2022 Official Selection Maui film Festival
2023 Official Selection ADDIS International Film Festival
The film was distributed by Freeway Films. It got a limited theatrical release, and now it's available via streaming services for rent - AppleTV, Prime Video.
New Day Films distributes it for educational purposes.
Total run time (in minutes)
103 mins