‘Universal story’ told in film of immigrant deaths - ‘19 Victoria’ documents horrors using unconventional style - (short film on immigration)

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Posted on: April 28th, 2008
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“The film began in darkness. The stark quiet was broken by a tractor-trailer’s rumble.

Experimental filmmaker Dolissa Medina meant for moviegoers to feel trapped inside the trailer.

Then the theater filled with banging noises. They were quiet at first. Then they became louder.

Medina wanted viewers to feel the claustrophobia and fear that at least 73 illegal immigrants did in May 2003.”*

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