Hot Docs 2008

A penetrating humanistic portrait of a contemporary exodus, The Infinite Border profiles a handful of the hundreds of thousands of Central American migrants who enter Mexico clandestinely each year en route to the promised land of the United States. Some are incarcerated and some are sent back, only to return undeterred. Some bear the brutal evidence of the dangers of riding the rails northward in the form of severed limbs. Meanwhile, construction of the 30-foot-high, 700-mile-long fence separating the United States from Mexico continues unabated. Lovingly shot in contemplative long takes, this poetic film evinces a casual, trusting rapport between filmmaker and subject. The Infinite Border offers an evocative story of determination and hope through the lives and dreams of those who travel in search of a better life.

Co-presented with SÍ-SÍ CINE TORONTO LATIN FILM FESTIVAL.