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  • 2020
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2020
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 35 m

Summary The Infiltrators is a docu-thriller that tells the true story of young immigrants who are detained by Border Patrol and thrown into a shadowy for-profit detention center—on purpose. Marco and Viri are members of the National Immigrant Youth Alliance, a group of radical DREAMers who are on a mission to stop unjust deportations. And the be...

Directed By: Cristina Ibarra, Alex Rivera

Written By: Aldo Velasco, Alex Rivera, Cristina Ibarra

  • 2020
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2020
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 35 m

The Infiltrators

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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Summary The Infiltrators is a docu-thriller that tells the true story of young immigrants who are detained by Border Patrol and thrown into a shadowy for-profit detention center—on purpose. Marco and Viri are members of the National Immigrant Youth Alliance, a group of radical DREAMers who are on a mission to stop unjust deportations. And the be...

Directed By: Cristina Ibarra, Alex Rivera

Written By: Aldo Velasco, Alex Rivera, Cristina Ibarra

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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8% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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90
Apr 16, 2020
Ibarra and Rivera maintain an effortless balance between genre-rooted entertainment and concern for real human suffering caused by governmental policies. They get viewers wrapped up enough in the narrative that it takes a while to appreciate the courage required to set it in motion.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
80
May 1, 2020
With The Infiltrators there is an audacity, an unrestrained boldness, to both the events depicted onscreen and the way in which they are portrayed in the movie itself.
By Mark Olsen FULL REVIEW
80
Apr 16, 2020
The varied ingredients blend together well.
By Jordan Hoffman FULL REVIEW
75
Apr 16, 2020
The experimental approach takes some time to settle in and doesn’t always click, but at its best, The Infiltrators manages to personalize the undocumented struggle by transforming it into an unlikely blend of activism and suspense that makes a compelling case for the abolishment of ICE.
By Eric Kohn FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 30, 2020
For all its imperfections, this docudrama with an agitprop heart finds a surprising way into the subject of undocumented immigrants languishing in detention centers.
By Joe Morgenstern FULL REVIEW
67
Apr 16, 2020
Fascinating as the The Infiltrators is, it remains a beginner’s primer to the for-profit immigration system with an oddly jaunty narrative over the top. Like the NIYA activists, its heart may be bigger than its head sometimes, but that’s not the world’s biggest sin.
By Richard Whittaker FULL REVIEW
50
May 27, 2020
The film is never more compelling than when relying on footage of the real radical DREAMer group the National Immigrant Youth Alliance.
By Jake Cole FULL REVIEW

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Production Company 3DMC, Baked Studios, Chicago Media Project, Good Gravy Films, Naked Edge Films, Pueblo Sight and Sound
Release Date May 1, 2020
Duration 1 h 35 m
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Tagline Undocumented. Undercover. Unafraid.
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Awards

Sundance Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Ashland Independent Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Blackstar Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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