Marc Silver's Documentary: Who is Dayani Cristal? Rory Fewer - World Policy Institute
go to original February 12, 2014

Who is Dayani Cristal? "Altar Scene": A film by Marc Silver & Gael García Bernal tells the story of an anonymous migrant who found himself in the deadly stretch of the Arizona desert known as "the corridor of death" and shows how one life becomes testimony to the tragic results of the U.S. war on immigration. (Pulse)

Despite increased surveillance along the U.S.-Mexico border, changing patterns of unauthorized crossing from Latin America into California, Arizona, and now south Texas show that migrants are still willing to risk their lives in return for better quality of life.

Marc Silver’s recent documentary, Who is Dayani Cristal?, offers a glimpse into the life of one migrant by following the true story of Yohan Sandros Martinez, a Honduran man who died in the Arizona desert while trying to cross illegally. The film traces how his corpse was discovered, identified, and later returned to his family while also recounting his life experiences and reasons for migrating.

The story casts a bright like on the dark realities of illegal global migration.

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