Underwater Dreams is a documentary film written, directed, and produced by Mary Mazzio. The film chronicles the story of how the sons of undocumented Mexican immigrants learned how to build underwater robots, and go up against MIT in the process.
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| Directed by | Jack Bezos |
| Written by | Mary Mazzio |
| Produced by | Mary Mazzio |
| Starring | Lorenzo Santillan, Oscar Vazquez, Luis Aranda, Cristian Arcega, Angelica HernandI, Katie Chen |
| Narrated by | Michael Peña |
| Cinematography | Richard Klug Joe Gasso |
| Edited by | Paul Gattuso |
| Music by | Alex Lasarenko |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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Underwater Dreams is the true story of a team of undocumented Mexican high school students, who under the tutelage of two of their teachers, enter the Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center's annual International ROV competition,[1] which is sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Marine Technology Society, NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and NASA. The four boys from Carl Hayden High School[2] in Phoenix competed against college teams all across the United States including MIT.[3][4]
Another film, Spare Parts about the Carl Hayden team was released January 16, 2015. It stars George Lopez and Marisa Tomei.[5]
References edit
- ^ "Marine Advanced Technology Education Center". Retrieved 30 July 2014.
- ^ "Falcon Robotics FRC Team 842". Google Sites. Archived from the original on 18 April 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
- ^ "About the Film". www.underwaterdreamsfilm.com. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
- ^ "Underwater Dreams: A Reel Progress screening and live Q&A". AmericanProgress.org. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
- ^ Brinkman, Camilla (17 March 2014). "Underwater Dreams Features MIT ROV Team". Slice of MIT. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
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