Sandra Santiago

“Farah,” a bread seller, walks the streets of a Middle Eastern town, while an American military vehicle, surrounded by soldiers, slowly passes by. A moment’s silence. Then, a devastating explosion. Civilians are bloodied, wounded. The horrors of war. “Farah” looks around aghast and wailing. But nothing here is quite what it seems. In fact, “Farah” is a character played by an aspiring actress called Laila. And this isn’t Iraq, but a replica village erected on the Fort Irwin army base in California, used to train American troops before being sent abroad. Laila believes her acting talents are being wasted away in this arid simulation, where female role-players are limited to mute, background roles. She takes things much more seriously. Laila plots her way out.

Three arrested and detained undocumented immigrants must navigate the system to fight impending deportation.

Élevé dans les États-Unis, Claudia (22) est un immigrant illégal sans-papiers vivant au-delà de ses moyens dans une version tordue du rêve américain. Quand elle est arrêté par le FBI pour fraude de carte de crédit, Claudia est rapidement expulsé vers le Mexique. En parlant pas l'espagnol et a perdu dans sa étrangère «patrie», elle prend à contrecoeur refuge au bétail ranch de son ex père. Comme elle se heurte à son père inflexible, ses tentatives pour revenir aux États-Unis lui plongés dans une liaison dangereuse avec un contrebandier étranger, Ricky. Pris entre les sermons de son père, les promesses de Ricky, et l'armée envahissante, Claudia doit naviguer sur une corde raide des choix impossibles.

Life changed for Alejandro Reis - Alex - in just a few brief moments when he discovers that he is not an American citizen. His parents brought him across the Mexican border when he was just months old. Flora Hendricks, on the other hand is born in Missouri. She decides to run away from home. Alex finds himself deported to Mexico On a seeming parallel track, Flora is arrested for shoplifting. And put in the same deportation bus with Alex. Once on Mexican soil Alex and Flora find out quickly that they are way out of their depth. They learn quickly that Tijuana and most of the other border towns are ultra violent places that are overrun by dangerous, warring criminal factions.

Rory MacNeil, a rugged old Scotsman, reluctantly leaves his beloved isolated Hebridean island and travels to San Francisco to seek medical treatment. Moving in with his estranged son, Rory sees his life transformed through a newly found bond with his baby grandson.

Du service d'appels d'urgences 911 aux pompiers, secouristes ou policiers, tous ces intervenants sont constamment sous pression, confrontés quotidiennement à des situations stupéfiantes, effrayantes, et parfois même choquantes. S'ils ont pour mission de voler au secours des personnes en danger, ces héros de l'ombre doivent aussi trouver le temps de résoudre les problèmes de leurs propres vies...