A Line Birds Cannot See



Synopsis

E.L. never imagined she would leave her tiny village high in the mountains of Guatemala, but when her mother got up the strength to flee a violent home, she was thrust into a journey that would forever change her. After a smuggler separated them, E’s life honed to a single goal—surviving so she could find her mother again. In the animated short film ‘A Line Birds Cannot See,’ E.L tells her story of coming to the US as an unaccompanied minor in 2006.

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Filmmakers

Amy Bench
USA
2019
9 min

2020 Films

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