I HAVE NO TEARS, AND I MUST CRY
Directed by Luis Fernando Puente
Produced by Rollins Wimber
United States | English, Spanish | 13' | Fiction
Maria Luisa is ready to escape immigration limbo, but when her green card interview takes an unexpected turn, she faces the anxiety of losing the life she had planned.
With stellar performances, careful cinematography, and poetic art direction, filmmaker Luis Fernando Puente turns a young woman’s green card interview into a riveting 12 minutes that will have you on the edge of your seat. It takes a skilled filmmaker to break migrant stories out of the tired tropes of ‘us vs them,’ pity, and political fervor. By framing this story through the lens of Maria’s emotional journey, Puente humanizes her experience in a refreshing, and impactful, way. — Kath Tolentino, Programmer
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