El inmigrante | |
Director: | David and John Eckenrode John Sheedy |
Starring: | Jewel Robinson |
Runtime: | 90 minutes |
Country: | United States Mexico |
Language: | Spanish English |
Budget: | US$ 45,000 |
El inmigrante ("The Immigrant") is a 2005 documentary directed and written by brothers David and John Eckenrode along with John Sheedy, about immigrant deaths along the U.S.-Mexico border. The film documents the story of the fatal encounter between Mexican migrant Eusebio de Haro Espinosa and elderly Texan Sam Blackwood, close to Blackwood's property near the international border.
The film won the award of Best Documentary Film at the 2007 Byron Bay International Film Festival.