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Independent Lens “Lost Souls (Animas Perdidas)”

Independent Lens “Lost Souls (Animas Perdidas)”

Credit: Courtesy of Jason Mann/ITVS

Monika Navarro and Susannah Ludwig

Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
Brooklyn, New York

In 1999, filmmaker Monika Navarro’s uncles were deported from the United States to Mexico, forced to leave the only country they knew and, as U.S. servicemen, had pledged to protect. Set against the backdrop of increased attention to the U.S.–Mexico border, this film will explore national identity, the lives of immigrants, and what happens after deportees are sent to a homeland they never considered home.