Asheville Film Festival
- El Inmigrante
- Director: John Sheedy, David Eckenrode, John Eckenrode
Documentary. 2005. United States. 90 min. Spanish and English, Subtitled.
Seattle premiere
Best Documentary at Harlem International Film Festival
El Inmigrante is a documentary film that examines the Mexican and American border crisis by telling the story of Eusebio de Haro, a young Mexican migrant who was shot and killed during one of his journeys north. The film presents a distinct humanitarian focus in which story and character take precedent over policy and empiricism. El Inmigrante examines the perspectives of a diverse cast of players in this border narrative. This is the story of the de Haro family, the community of Brakettville, Texas where Eusebio was shot, the members of the vigilante border militias in Arizona, the horseback border patrol in El Paso, and the migrants en route to an uncertain future in the United States.
- Showings
Thursday, January 19 at 5pm – UNC Asheville: Humanities Lecture Hall