Sansón and Me

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Sansón y Yo

Documentary Features Competition

Cinematographer: Alejandro Mejia

Director: Rodrigo Reyes

Producer: Rodrigo Reyes, Su Kim

Editor: Andrea Chignoli, Daniel E. Chávez Ontiveros

Distribution company (world): The Film Collaborative

Distribution company: The Film Collaborative

Year: 2022

Country: Mexico, USA

Time: 87

Date and place:

2022.11.15, 19:45Wilam Horzyca Theatre - Documentary Theatre

2022.11.15, 18:00Wilam Horzyca Theatre - Documentary Theatre

During his day job as a Spanish criminal interpreter in a small town in California, filmmaker Rodrigo Reyes met a young man named Sansón, an undocumented Mexican immigrant who was sentenced to life in prison without parole. With no permission to interview him, Sansón and Reyes worked together over a decade, using hundreds of letters as inspiration for recreations of Sansón’s childhood-featuring members of Sansón’s own family. The result is a vibrant portrait of a friendship navigating immigration and the depths of the criminal justice system, and pushing the boundaries of cinematic imagination to rescue a young migrant’s story from oblivion.

Documentary Features Competition