Official Selection MountainFilm 2021

Status Pending

Year
2020
Country
USA
Duration:
27 mins

Overview

While waiting to obtain legal status, immigrants can spend more than two decades negotiating the muddled mess of the U.S. immigration system. Starting the process as single, young adults, some might be grandparents before they finally recite the Pledge of Allegiance at their naturalization ceremony. Already arduous to navigate, the process became shockingly more difficult during the Trump administration. How do the passionate, selfless immigration lawyers cope with incessant defeat, heartbreak and the constant strain of negotiating policies that can change daily? In Status Pending, we meet five frontline Mexican-American attorneys who are doing their best to avoid burnout by aiding and supporting each other.

Production Team

Director
Priscilla González Sainz
Producers
Priscilla Gonzalez Sainz
Laura Reich
Editor
Sarah Garrahan

Film Contact

Festival Screenings

Featured in the 2021 Mountainfilm Festival.
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