Showtimes and Locations
- Thursday, October 6, 5:00 p.m. Floyd Theater
- Introduction: Prof. Samia Matthews, Department of Classical and Modern Languages
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Title: Who is Dayani Cristal?/¿Quién es Dayani Cristal?Director(s): Marc Silver
Country: Mexico/USA
Year: 2014
Language: Spanish with English subtitles
Genre: Drama
Type: Full length feature film
Length: 85 minutes.
Format: Digital
Rating*: NR L, V
V includes violence | L includes strong language | N includes nudity | S includes sex
Pragda's info on the film: https://pragda.com/film/who-is-dayani-cristal/
Present in collaboration with the University Libraries.
Storyline
Deep in the sun-blistered Sonora desert beneath a cicada tree, Arizona border police discover a decomposing male body. Lifting a tattered T-shirt they expose a tattoo that reads ?Dayani Cristal.? Who is this person? What brought him here? How did he die? And who?or what?is Dayani Cristal?
Following a team of dedicated forensic anthropologists from the Pima County Morgue in Arizona, director Marc Silver seeks to answer these questions and give this anonymous man an identity. As the forensic investigation unfolds, Mexican actor and activist Gael Garcia Bernal retraces this man?s steps along the migrant trail in Central America. In an effort to understand what it must have felt like to make this final journey, he embeds himself among migrant travelers on their own mission to cross the border. He experiences first-hand the dangers they face and learns of their motivations, hopes and fears. As we travel north, these voices from the other side of the border wall give us a rare insight into the human stories which are so often ignored in the immigration debate.
Winner of the Sundance 2013 Cinematography award and nominated in the World Documentary Competition,Who Is Dayani Cristal? shows how one life becomes testimony to the tragic results of the U.S. war on immigration.
Synopsis from From Pragda, Spanish Film Club promotional site.