Looking Across the Border
4 Episodes
The Trump administration is doing everything to keep Mexican and Central American migrants from crossing into the United States. Filmmaker Jordi Ruiz Cirera traveled to Tijuana and asked four migrant children to imagine the life that may await them.
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01:56Episode 1Episode 1 – Amayrani
Episode 1
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.
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01:33Episode 2Episode 2 – Cristhian
Episode 2
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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01:34Episode 3Episode 3 – Hemer
Episode 3
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.”
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02:21Episode 4Episode 4 – Santos
Episode 4
At eight years old, Santos already knows how the US–Mexico border works: “Some people might be locked up, and others might not.”