Fleeing gang violence, a young boy from Honduras is arrested crossing the US border and sent to an immigrant detention facility. Trapped inside the “Icebox” and faced with a rigid immigration process, he struggles to gain control of his fate.
Acting
Anthony Gonzalez carries trauma like a backpack too heavy for him.
Direction
Sawka shot this in a real decommissioned detention center.
Production
The fluorescent hellscape feels stolen from a nightmare.
Director
Daniel Sawka
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