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Title Life, deferred = Vida diferida
Published New Day Films, 2017
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (streaming video file) (24 min.) : flv file, sound, color
Summary This documentary film tells the story of Vanessa, a teenager born in Mexico who has lived in the United States with her family since she was six years old. Once an excelling middle-school student with big dreams of becoming a doctor, Vanessa begins to be haunted by her undocumented status as she reaches high school. Reconsidering her aspirations, Vanessa begins to give up on academics. Then, in the summer of 2012, President Obama approves the "Deferred Action" policy that would grant Vanessa immunity from being deported for the next two years, allow her to get a job and apply to college. Vanessa's story offers a window into the DACA generation, the impact of this policy on a young person's life and the new challenges ahead. As government policies take new turns with a new administration, VIVA DIFERIDA highlights the uncertainties haunting undocumented youth and their families in the USA
Notes Title from title frames
Film
Event Originally produced by New Day Films in 2017
Notes In English, Spanish with optional English closed captioning
Subject Teenage immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions
Mexicans -- United States -- Social conditions
Teenage immigrants -- Social conditions
Mexicans -- Social conditions
United States
Genre/Form documentary film.
Documentary films
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Form Streaming video
Author Avila-Hanna, Brenda, filmmaker
New Day Films (Firm),
Other Titles Vida diferida