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Cristhian

TV-PG | 2 min | Documentary

If 16-year-old Cristhian can enter the United States, it will be the first time he has ever crossed a border. Targeted by gangs in his Mexican hometown, he dreams of the safety he might find on the other side.

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Season 1

Episode 1

Amayrani

All 13-year-old Amayrani wants is to be able to study, learn English—and leave the migrant camp in Tijuana, where she waits with her mom and siblings for a chance to enter the United States.

Episode 2

Cristhian

If 16-year-old Cristhian can enter the United States, it will be the first time he has ever crossed a border. Targeted by gangs in his Mexican hometown, he dreams of the safety he might find on the other side.

Episode 3

Hemer

Hemer dreams of making art and skateboarding—simple pleasures that felt out of reach in his native Honduras. Even if he is turned away from the United States, the 14-year-old says, “at least I would have tried.”

Episode 4

Santos

At eight years old, Santos already knows how the US–Mexico border works: “Some people might be locked up, and others might not.”

Credits

Director
Jordi Ruiz Cirera