Writer / Director
As a family attempts a desert crossing, U.S. border patrol closes in - but both groups are in for a real close encounter.
When I heard about Jakelin Caal Maquin, a 7-yr-old Guatemalan girl who died in the custody of US Customs and Border Protection, I sat down and wrote. I imagined a brief but powerful encounter between “aliens” from over the border and an “Alien” from light years away.