Which Way Home (2009)

"Which Way Home" is a feature documentary film that follows unaccompanied child migrants, on their journey through Mexico, as they try to reach the United States. We follow children like ... See full summary »

Director:

Rebecca Cammisa

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 4 nominations.

Storyline

"Which Way Home" is a feature documentary film that follows unaccompanied child migrants, on their journey through Mexico, as they try to reach the United States. We follow children like Olga and Freddy, nine-year old Hondurans, who are desperately trying to reach their parents in the US.; children like Jose, a ten-year old El Salvadoran, who has been abandoned by smugglers and ends up alone in a Mexican detention center; and Kevin, a canny, streetwise fourteen-year old Honduran, whose mother hopes that he will reach the U.S. and send money back to her. These are stories of hope and courage, disappointment and sorrow. They are the children you never hear about; the invisible ones.

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Genres:

Documentary

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Did You Know?

Trivia

In 2006, Rebecca Cammisa received a Fulbright Scholar Grant to Mexico to make this film.

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Connections

Featured in The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (2010)

User Reviews

Lost Souls on a Track Towards Hope

Children who live in poverty and wretched conditions climb on to freight trains bound for the U.S. in hopes of a better life. When they talk of the U.S. they dream of television realities, tall buildings, beautiful people, the land of plenty, smiles all the while on their faces. But on the inside these kids are filled with pain. To reach that dream, they go through hell. Burglarized and beaten all the while hungry with the potential of being raped and murdered, all for the sake of trying to get a job in the U.S. to feed their family or go to school. This 16 year old boy talks about witnessing a mother and daughter being raped by 15 men and there's this tear in his eye that can't quite drop. His pain is suppressed. All these children attempt to drown their pain, to bury it, all the while hoping, praying, for that one chance that they may have a better life. It's hard to review this movie and not want to talk about immigration policy. But I won't, I'll let the movie do that for me and hopefully people will begin to open their eyes to some of the harsh realities the U.S. immigration policy creates. Here's hoping for a better tomorrow.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

31 January 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Departe de casa

Filming Locations:

Guatemala

Company Credits

Production Co:

Documentress Films, Mr. Mudd, Reason Pictures

Technical Specs

Color:

Color