I'm Going: Synopsis, Trailer, Cast and Review

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Directed by Lindsey Cordero and Armando Croda, the documentary I go now It invites us to reflect on a phenomenon as complex as migration.

I go now (I'm leaving now, original title) is a documentary directed by Lamb lindsay Y Armando Croda which premiered in 2018. It is a production that tries to show the most human face of the migration, más allá de la connotación política que tiene dentro de los discursos de los jefes de Estado. Fundamentalmente, el fenómeno migratorio involucra y afecta a persons de carne y hueso.

This documentary premiered in the community of Las Patronas, Veracruz, a few meters from where it runs The beast. This is the name of the train that thousands of people from different communities in Mexico and Central America use to get to the border. That was where people began to hear the life of Philip, a migrant who went to the other side ... one of many.

Synopsis

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Philip He has been in Brooklyn, New York for 16 years, collecting bottles and sending most of the money he earned to his family in Mexico. He is an undocumented immigrant who has no rest, but after so long he dreams of reuniting with his family in the national territory. You have decided, it is time to return to your loved ones. However, she learns that her family is heavily in debt and, consequently, it is necessary for her to stay in the neighboring country to continue supporting her expenses.

Documentary Trailer I go now

I go now is a Group Effort Films and Mumedia production, a film with photography and editing by Armando Croda himself. Together with Lindsay Cordero, both managed to gather up to 75 hours of material, when the idea was only to make a short film. In the end, the recordings yielded enough to produce a more elaborate and lengthy documentary.

Cast of actors

Felipe Hernandez is the protagonist of this documentary film, which is mixed with different fictional elements to gain narrative force. It is worth mentioning that it is a true story, which began long before the production of the Cordero and Croda shows. He traveled to the United States in 1995, leaving behind his wife and 5 children with the task of earning enough money for 2 years. In the end, they became more than 15.

“It started as a short film because at first we thought it would disappear soon. But by postponing his return, the story became more complex. We learned that he could not leave because of a debt, and we concentrated on exploring the loneliness of someone who lives such an experience, "Lidnsay said in an interview for catpardo.com

In the same way Philip said participate in the documentary film I go now it was a difficult experience. The undocumented person stressed that, at times, he did not know how to deal with the constant siege of the camera, knowing that it was something necessary to carry out the project.

Criticism of the documentary I go now

In your review of The universal, the journalist Alejandro Alemán recognizes the effort to show a face parallel to what we know about migration. Criticism finds value in this proposal, since there are never too many true and authentic stories that millions of compatriots live on the other side of the river.

"With their documentary, Lindsey Cordero and Armando Croda deliver the B-side of migration (…) Along the way, they illustrate a multicultural New York," he said.

Alemán's opinion contrasts with the analysis (somewhat superfluous, if you ask us) of the journalist Keith Uhlich for The Hollywood Reporter.

"It is as if Cordero and Croda try to construct the drama instead of extracting it spontaneously, considering in advance that Felipe's life is not that interesting," he said.

For its part, Frida jasso It seems more sensible to point out the weaknesses that Keith is referring to, while recognizing that it is correct production and proper manufacturing.

“It is a documentary where the directors' hand becomes visible, in the choice of Felipe's private moments, or by the proximity of the camera to him, where a level of manipulation is sometimes excessive. Although in its invoice it is an academic and correct film, the character is exhausted in the middle of the footage and feels repetitive at the end of the 75 minutes of duration (…) Even so, I am leaving, it is well worth being seen. ”, Considered for correcamara.com.mx.

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