A family reunion. That was the reason that brought Rosa from Brazil to the United States four years ago with her two kids: a girl who was 7 years old at the time and a boy, only one year old. Her husband was already living here before their arrival. Once settled in the new country, Rosa got a job, they rented a house in the suburbs, bought a family car and the kids started school.
Differently from Rosa, what brought Carlos to the U.S was the chance for a better life. In his hometown called Governador Valadares, known in Brazil for being the city with the highest number of residents who migrated to America, he had a job at a local newspaper as a designer and was earning around 500 dollars a month, which is not considered bad by Brazilian standards. But he wanted more and decided to move to the U.S three years ago.
Nelson is 19 years old, a college student who speaks English as an american, has an american girlfriend, but has seen his dreams go away because he does not have a social security card.
The only difference between Rosa, Carlos and Nelson from the thousands of new immigrants who arrive every year in the US is that they are considered illegal in the country, or better said, undocumented workers. They are part of a statistic of 12 million foreigners who live without proper papers in the U.S.
They own properties, make money and work but are still not being seen as part of the American society, they are considered as a group a part instead. Ricardo, Cleide and her kids made to the U.S. by sneaking across the Mexican border like many other thousands try each year. Nelson was brought to the country when he was eight years old by his parents on a tourist visa.
INVISIBLE, a 16 minutes documentary, explores the life of undocumented workers in the United States by approaching the subject from their perspective, their relationship with the American culture and its people, adapting to a new place and how they see themselves in the new culture.
INVISIBLE, a 16 minutes documentary, explores the life of undocumented workers in the United States by approaching the subject from their perspective, their relationship with the American culture and its people, adapting to a new place and how they see themselves in the new culture.
Soon you guys will be able to watch the film, but for now I have a short trailer. So check it out.
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