Mojados: Through the Night

Mojados: Through the Night is a 2004 documentary film directed by Tommy Davis. The film documents the journey of four men[1] as they trek 120 miles across the Texas desert.

Mojados: Through the Night
Directed byTommy Davis
StarringN/A
CinematographyTommy Davis
Edited byTommy Davis
Music bySin Panache
Production
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Release date
  • March 15, 2004 (2004-03-15) (SXSW Film Festival)
Running time
55 minutes
CountriesMexico, United States
LanguagesSpanish, English

Summary

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Filmed over the course of ten days the film follows four men into the world of illegal immigration. Alongside Bear, Tiger, Handsome, and Old Man, director Davis takes a 120-mile cross-desert journey[2] that has been traveled innumerable times by nameless immigrants like these four migrants from Michoacán, Mexico. Davis tells the stories of these migrants as their dehydrated days evading the U.S. Border Patrol turn into sub-zero nights filled with barbed wire, storms and ever-present confrontation with death.[3]

Awards

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  • SXSW Film Festival - Audience Award
  • Arizona Intl. Film Festival - Best Documentary
  • Santa Fe Film Festival - Best Documentary
  • San Antonio Underground - Grand Prize
  • Kansas International Film Festival - Audience Award

References

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  1. ^ Stevens, Dana (2012). "Mojados: Through the Night". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 6, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
  2. ^ Proctor May, Rachel (March 12, 2004). "Walk 120 Miles In My Shoe". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
  3. ^ Staff. "Mojados: Through the Night". New York Magazine. Archived from the original on July 16, 2017. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
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