The Infiltrators

Name: The Infiltrators
Genre: Drama
Released: May 1, 2020
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 74
Cast: Bella Zoe Martinez, Eddie Martinez, Edward Conna, Jonathan De La Torre, Luis Richard Gomez

2020

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Oscilloscope | Release Date (Streaming): May 1, 2020 | Not Rated

Starring: Bella Zoe Martinez, Eddie Martinez, Edward Conna, Jonathan De La Torre, Luis Richard Gomez, Maynor Alvarado, Mohammad Abdollahi, Scott Broderick, Valerie Hall, Victor Wolf

Summary: The Infiltrators is a docu-thriller that tells the true story of young immigrants who are detained by Border Patrol and thrown into a shadowy for-profit detention center—on purpose. Marco and Viri are members of the National Immigrant Youth Alliance, a group of radical DREAMers who are on a mission to stop unjust deportations. And the bestThe Infiltrators is a docu-thriller that tells the true story of young immigrants who are detained by Border Patrol and thrown into a shadowy for-profit detention center—on purpose. Marco and Viri are members of the National Immigrant Youth Alliance, a group of radical DREAMers who are on a mission to stop unjust deportations. And the best place to stop deportations, they believe, is in detention. However, when Marco and Viri attempt a daring reverse ‘prison break,’ things don’t go according to plan. By weaving together documentary footage of the real infiltrators with re-enactments of the events inside the detention center, The Infiltrators tells an incredible and thrilling true story in a genre-defying new cinematic language. [Oscilloscope]… Expand

Director: Alex Rivera and Cristina Ibarra

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 95 min

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John DeFore

Apr 16, 2020

Ibarra and Rivera maintain an effortless balance between genre-rooted entertainment and concern for real human suffering caused by governmental policies. They get viewers wrapped up enough in the narrative that it takes a while to appreciate the courage required to set it in motion. Read full review

Ann Hornaday

Apr 29, 2020

Intriguing, marvelously inventive documentary. Read full review

Mark Olsen

May 1, 2020

With The Infiltrators there is an audacity, an unrestrained boldness, to both the events depicted onscreen and the way in which they are portrayed in the movie itself. Read full review

IndieWire Eric Kohn

Apr 16, 2020

The experimental approach takes some time to settle in and doesn’t always click, but at its best, The Infiltrators manages to personalize the undocumented struggle by transforming it into an unlikely blend of activism and suspense that makes a compelling case for the abolishment of ICE. Read full review

Lorry Kikta

May 1, 2020

If you have a strong distaste for ICE as I do, you will love the way these kids get one over on them in The Infiltrators. Read full review

Joe Morgenstern

Apr 30, 2020

For all its imperfections, this docudrama with an agitprop heart finds a surprising way into the subject of undocumented immigrants languishing in detention centers. Read full review

Jake Cole

May 27, 2020

The film is never more compelling than when relying on footage of the real radical DREAMer group the National Immigrant Youth Alliance. Read full review

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