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Title America; I Too
Published New Day Films, 2017
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (streaming video file) (40 minutes) : .flv file, sound
Summary Young muralist Manny is arrested after being wrongfully accused of tagging his very own mural. In police custody, he learns that he was ordered removed back in 2008 due to his undocumented immigration status and that his name came up in the â#x80;gang database.â#x80;#x9D; Manny insists that he was nine years old in 2008, unaware of any pending deportation, and certainly not a part of any gang. When he refuses to sign a voluntary departure Manny is sent into detention. Meanwhile Korean elder Myeong is just starting her shift at the garment factory, the same factory where young pizza delivery guy Ahmed (**Oscar-nominee** Barkhad Abdi) has arrived to deliver a pizza. Both discover in horror, however, that they have walked into a setup for an immigration raid. The two bewildered and undocumented immigrants are sent to the same detention center as Manny. Winner of Best Short Film at the **Documentaries Without Borders Film Festival**
Notes Title from title frames
Film
In Process Record
Performer Barkhad Abdi, Jose Diaz, Linda Yim
Event Originally produced by New Day Films in 2017
Notes In English,Spanish
Subject Independent films.
Drama.
Motion pictures.
Short films.
Drama
plays (performing arts compositions)
short subjects.
Drama.
Independent films.
Motion pictures.
Short films.
Genre/Form Feature films.
Feature films.
Form Streaming video
Author Tourse, Anike, film director
Abdi, Barkhad, actor.
Díaz, José, actor.
Yim, Linda, actor
New Day Films (Firm).
Kanopy (Firm)