Sansón and Me

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Sansón and Me

2022

1h 23m

Documentary

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Set in rural California and Mexico’s Pacific coast, this documentary is a portrait of the unlikely friendship of two Mexican migrants, told within the frame of the dramatic clash between systemic forces and personal choices that envelop young, incarcerated men of color in America.

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Claudia Puig

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

A really intriguing way to make a film... A well done and profound [documentary].

Mar 21, 2023

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Glenn Kenny

New York Times

The film is an unusually layered look at how the combination of privation, misplaced familial loyalty and just plain rotten luck can make the immigrant experience in America a nightmare.

Mar 2, 2023

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Wes Greene

Slant Magazine

Sansón and Me has a way of frustratingly pulling focus away from its ostensible subject.

Rated: 2.5/4

Feb 27, 2023

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Erick Estrada

Cinegarage

A vibrant portrait of friendship that navigates the depths of immigration and the criminal justice system, pushing the limits of cinematic imagination to rescue a young migrant from oblivion. [Full review in Spanish]

Jul 5, 2024

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

...it’s still an exceptionally vivid capture of how the system (on either side of our southern border) seems to ensure some lives prosper, while others are deemed throwaways.

Mar 20, 2023

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Amber Wilkinson

Eye for Film

This film is taking a much more sobering sweep than more frequently made films about jail time, which tend to end with exoneration or freedom, which Reyes notes from the start is not within this documentary’s gift.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jul 19, 2022

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Synopsis

Set in rural California and Mexico’s Pacific coast, this documentary is a portrait of the unlikely friendship of two Mexican migrants, told within the frame of the dramatic clash between systemic forces and personal choices that envelop young, incarcerated men of color in America.

Director: Rodrigo Reyes
Producer: Su Kim
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: Spanish
Runtime: 1h 23m

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