Every day, people from all over the world arrive in Los Angeles with the desire to start a new life and the optimistic expectation that it will be better than their previous one. However, they have no idea what the potential costs of such a life may be. The immigration officials' humanity is put to the test by the hopeless situations they face. In his screenplay and directorial debut, Wayne Kramer examines both the appeal of the American ideal and the reality that immigrants find – and create–in Los Angeles in the 21st century. The film is titled Crossing Over.
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Every day, people from all over the world arrive in Los Angeles with the desire to start a new life and the optimistic expectation that it will be better than their previous one. However, they have no idea what the potential costs of such a life may be. The immigration officials' humanity is put to the test by the hopeless situations they face. In his screenplay and directorial debut, Wayne Kramer examines both the appeal of the American ideal and the reality that immigrants find – and create–in Los Angeles in the 21st century. The film is titled Crossing Over.
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