An award-winning feature documentary! Available on PBS and Peacock.
- “Remarkable Access” - NY Times
- "A compelling look at two disparate New York lives" - Hollywood Reporter
- “A multi-dimensional, far-reaching portrait of a pressing issue” - DOC NYC
Five Years North is the coming...
An award-winning feature documentary! Available on PBS and Peacock.
- “Remarkable Access” - NY Times
- "A compelling look at two disparate New York lives" - Hollywood Reporter
- “A multi-dimensional, far-reaching portrait of a pressing issue” - DOC NYC
Five Years North is the coming-of-age story of Luis, an undocumented boy in New York City desperate to bring the American Dream back home to Guatemala. Alone, he struggles to work, study, and evade Judy—the conflicted Cuban-American ICE agent who patrols his neighborhood.
www.FiveYearsNorth.org
An Optimist production
Directors: Chris Temple & Zach Ingrasci
Producer: Jenna Kelly
Editor & Co-Producer: Alejandro Valdes-Rochin
Consulting Editors: Pedro Kos & Fernando Villena
Cinematographers: Nick Kraus, Chris Temple & Zach Ingrasci
Executive Producers: S.J. Murray, Morgan Kays, Tolu Olubunmi, Ari Rastegar & Kellie Rastegar
Trailer Editor: Sean Kusanagi
Titles & Design: Katerine Contreras