UFC Presents People First: Beyond Immigration Status (Virtual)
- Shorts, Special Presentations
- 112 mins
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This program features films curated by the Undocumented Filmmakers Collective, centering stories told by those with lived experience. Created by and for undocumented communities, these works move beyond labels to reveal the complexity of identity, migration, and belonging. Through personal and diverse storytelling, the films challenge dominant narratives and offer a more nuanced, human perspective.
In this program
Heat in the Barrio
Directed by José Esteban Ubaya
Maribel and Jorge’s walk to school is no easy feat, as a zoot-suit-wearing Pachuco is hot on their trail, leaving the children to question the future of their community in the climate he creates.
Helvetica : Emphasis on Hell
Directed by Yolotzin Martinez
When Diane Brown is house-sitting, she calls her friends to deal with an unexpected house guest.
I am grass
Directed by Abhi Indrekar
“I am Grass” is a meditation on migration — a dreamlike documentation of a young artist from one of India’s most stigmatized communities as he navigates his disorienting first year in the “first world”.
Lamento Americano
Directed by Alejandro Joaquin
A young immigrant confronts the changes that come with a green card marriage and the death of his grandmother.
MOE
Directed by Guillermo E. Barahona C., Rose Donahue
Moe had a bad day and confronts his past about his name. Segue to documentary on Co-Director Guillermo’s parents about El Salvador
Parhelio
Directed by Karla Vargas Gastélum
The future of an undocumented woman and her teenage son is jeopardized after a chance encounter with a police officer in training and his superior.
SUDAKAS
Directed by Ricardo Betancourt
higher educated immigrant works a lower wage job in the same city she was once a diplomat in.
