Proof of Birth

Short

USA, 21 minutes

Directed by Jose Luis Orbegozo

Summary:

All that Luis Gonzalez wants is to send money to his family back home. But life is not that simple in the United States. Whenever he thinks he knows what to do, Luis is proved wrong. In order to obtain a legal ID, he must travel through the illegal immigrants’ underworld. Along the way, he meets Greek diner owners, Asian moneylenders, Dominican busboys, Polish au pairs and Russian phone-sex workers. The tests that Luis faces on his road trip are extreme and varied, forcing the formerly invisible immigrant to stand up and declare his identity.

Starring: Hugo Calero, Hector Palacios and Neil Levine.