'Who is Dayani Cristal?' Documentary Hopes to Broaden Understanding of Migration Astrid Zweynert - Thomson Reuters Foundation
go to original August 2, 2014

Who is Dayani Cristal? - Official Trailer (kinolorber)

“Dayani Cristal" reads the large tattoo across the chest of a dead man found in Arizona's Sonora desert, giving little help to U.S. border officials starting the painstaking process of identifying him.

"Who is Dayani Cristal?", a documentary by British director Marc Silver and Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal, depicts the potentially deadly consequences of the decision made by thousands of Central Americans every year to embark on the perilous journey to the United States as illegal immigrants.

Silver said that when making the film he learned that migration tends to be looked at in a disjointed way, adding fuel to a heated debate over immigration in the United States and elsewhere.

"Most people don't think that the story of migration begins before the border," Silver told Thomson Reuters Foundation, saying that he hopes his film will force people to consider what prompts migrants to leave their country rather than focus on what happens when they reach their destination.

As the U.S. struggles to gain control over an influx of unaccompanied child migrants, the film - a cinematography award winner at the Sundance Film Festival - takes the viewer on a dual journey.

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Who is Dayani Cristal? "Altar Scene" (Pulse)

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