Powerful new documentary on US immigration policy

Sin País (Without Country) is an award-winning 20-minute documentary film that intimately follows one family’s journey as they are fractured by deportation after living in the U.S. for seventeen years.  This dynamic short film is being used in hundreds of classrooms and communities across the country to spark transformative conversations and put a human face to the immigration debate. 

Sin País attempts to get beyond the partisan politics and mainstream media’s ‘talking point’ approach to immigration issues by exploring one family’s complex and emotional journey involving deportation.

In 1992, Sam and Elida Mejia left Guatemala during a violent civil war and brought their one-year old son, Gilbert, to California.  The Mejia’s settled in the Bay Area and raised their family for the past seventeen years–until one morning immigration agents stormed the Mejia’s house, looking for someone who didn’t live there.

Sin País begins two weeks before Sam and Elida’s scheduled deportation date. After a passionate fight to keep the family together, Sam and Elida are deported back to Guatemala.

With intimate access and striking imagery, Sin País explores the complexities of the Mejia’s new reality of a separated family–parents without their children, and children trying to succeed in life without their parents.

Through April 15th, you can now watch the entire film for FREE…find out more HERE.  There is also a new discussion guide that has been made available for free at: www.sinpaisfilm.com. Both the film and the discussion guide are great resources for those who want to transform the oppressive immigration policy of the US.