At the Movies: Five Years North
Five Years North is a documentary with a fascinating set up. As described on the film’s website,
“Five Years North is the coming-of-age story of 16-year-old Luis, an undocumented Guatemalan boy who just arrived alone in New York City. While Luis balances school, work, and his mental health, Judy, a veteran ICE officer and first-generation Cuban immigrant, navigates new immigration priorities.”
The film opens today in New York City.
“That’s perhaps the main takeaway from this intimate tale of urban strife: Luis could be any guy delivering your food — the kind you don’t think twice about after closing the door — while Judy is just another public worker trying to pay the bills, albeit in a profession some would find morally compromising. They’re two out of millions of New Yorkers, but the more we get to know them, the more we see how these opposites — who exist on opposite sides of the law — are bound together by their mutual struggle to make it in the big city.”
KJ