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Dos familias. Una frontera.
Dos familias intentaron cruzar la frontera de México y los Estados Unidos. Una familia tenía éxito. Una familia no tenía éxito.
Mardoqueo Quería que su familia tuviera su propia casa. Su propia tierra. Pero se sintió obligado a dividir a su joven familia y cruzar a Estados Unidos para lograr seguridad y felicidad. Lo intentó una vez y no lo logró. Se siente obligado a intentarlo de nuevo a pesar de las objeciones de su esposa.
Abel tuvo que tomar la misma decisión en México. Pero lo logró. Él trajo a su esposa y sus hijas con él. Logró una prosperidad que buscaba, pero todavía sueña con cruzar la frontera nuevamente. De vuelta a casa.
Two families. One border.
Two families tried to cross the Mexico-U.S. border. One made it. One didn’t.
Mardoqueo wanted his family to have its own home. Its own land. But he felt forced to split up his young family and cross into America to achieve security and happiness. He tried once and didn’t make it. He feels compelled to try again despite his wife’s objections.
Abel had to make that same choice in Mexico. But he made it. He brought his wife and daughters with him. He achieved a prosperity he sought, but he still dreams of crossing the border again. Back home.
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Upcoming showings:
TBA
Past showings:
Nov. 12, 2024: Majestic Theater | Lexington, Nebraska (two showings) (250 in attendance)
Nov. 11, 2024: Film Streams Ruth Sokolof Theater | Omaha, Nebraska (10)
Oct. 12, 2024: Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center | TAJE Fall Fiesta | San Antonio, Texas (600)
July 13, 2024: YouthFront Snack Shack | YouthFront Neighborhoods | Kansas City, Kansas (40)
April 20, 2024: Interscholastic Press League Conference | University Interscholastic League | University of Texas-Austin | Austin, Texas (100)
Feb. 27, 2024: Mill City Church | NE Minneapolis (60)
Feb. 23, 2024: Plymouth Congregational Church | Uptown Minneapolis (40)
Nov. 9, 2023: DeWitt Learning Commons | University of Northwestern | Orange City, Iowa (75)
Oct. 19, 2023: Judson Memorial Baptist Church | South Minneapolis (25)
Oct. 17, 2023: Benson Great Hall | Bethel University | Arden Hills, Minnesota (440)
Oct. 16, 2023: Minnesota High School Press Association Fall Convention | Coffman Memorial Union | University of Minnesota | Minneapolis (100)
Sept. 26 | Hispanic Heritage Mondth | Swang 102 | Lipscomb University | Nashville Tennessee (40 in attendance)
Make a donation to the families.
We want to help Mardoqueo establish a better life in Guatemala with his family and pay off debts. We also want to help Abel’s parents return home. Then give to YouthFront for its border work. This donation is done solely through Venmo to Soraya Keiser, the film’s producer, and would not be tax-deductible. You can track your donations through our Insta page @borderofdreamsmovie. Goal: $25,000.
Make a donation to Textura documentaries.
We have plans to make another documentary in India in January about women taking the lead to solve poverty and other social issues, such as equal access to health care and education. This official donation would come with instant reporting, tax deduction forms and receipts. You may give via Venmo, Paypal or credit/debit card. Goal: $25,000.
Noticias, políticas y padres.
Abel ni siquiera sabía que estaba violando una ley cuando llegó al Medio Oeste estadounidense. Solo sabía que necesitaba un trabajo. También sabe lo que es estar atrapado en la parte trasera de un remolque en la oscuridad, sin saber hacia dónde se dirige. Mardoqueo sabe lo que es ser deportado y que su llamada telefónica dure solo lo suficiente para decirle a su esposa que regresará a casa, pero no lo suficiente como para escuchar que nació su hija. Ese día.
News, politics and fathers.
Abel didn’t even know he was breaking a law when he came to the American Midwest. He just knew he needed a job. He also knows what it’s like to be trapped in the back of a trailer in the dark, not knowing where he’s headed. Mardoqueo knows what it’s like to get deported and have his phone call last only long enough to tell his wife he’s returning home, but not long enough to hear that his daughter was born. That day.
‘Mi papá es aqui!’
Rocío le ruega a su padre que la deje unirse a él en el invernadero corporativo de rosas. Y ella quiere jugar con él después del trabajo. Mardoqueo casi siempre consiente. Pero, ¿dejará a su familia de nuevo para proporcionar lo que ella, su hermano y hermana pequeños y su madre necesitan?
‘My dad is here!’
Rocio begs her father to let her join him in the corporate rose greenhouse. And she wants to play with him after work. Mardoqueo almost always acquiesces. But will he leave his family again to provide what she, her little brother and sister and her mother need?
Ponerse en contacto.
La película se estrenará a las 7 p.m. 12 de octubre de 2023, en el Benson Great Hall en el campus de la Universidad Bethel. Si desea organizar una presentación en su organización, o si desea donar a las familias o a Textura, complete el siguiente formulario y nos pondremos en contacto con usted rápidamente.
—Directora Nataly Basterrechea y Productura Soraya Keiser.
Get in touch.
The film will premiere at 7 p.m. Oct. 12, 2023, in the Benson Great Hall on the campus of Bethel University. If you’d like to host a showing at your organization, please fill out this quick form. If you wish to give to the families or Textura, please fill out the form below and we’ll get back to you quickly.
—Directora/Director Nataly Basterrechea and Productura/Producer Soraya Keiser.
