Crossing Over 2009

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 113 min

genre: crime

theme: short

director: Wayne Kramer

Score: 6 / 10

Crossing Over is a 2009 American crime drama film written and directed by Wayne Kramer. It follows illegal immigrants of different nationalities struggling to achieve legal status in Los Angeles: dealing with the border, document fraud and extortion, the asylum and green card process, work-site enforcement, naturalization, the office of counter-terrorism, and the clash of cultures. The film is based on Kramer's similarly titled 1995 short film. He produced the film alongside Frank Marshall.

Plot

After immigrant Mireya Sanchez is deported, ICE / HSI Special Agent Max Brogan takes care of her son and takes him to the boy's grandparents in Mexico. Later, Mireya is found dead near the border. Brogan returns to the grandparents to tell them the bad news.

Cast

More details

author	Wayne Kramer
contentLocation	Los Angeles
director	Wayne Kramer
editor	Arthur Coburn
genre	crime drama
keywords	9/11 hijackers arrest australia bad news bangladesh belong car accident convenience store robbery cove defense attorney fbi fbi agent federal bureau of investigation green card hijackers in the september 11 attacks homeland security investigations hsi ice immigration and customs enforcement kill married man mexico nigeria permanent residence rabbi read school principal sibling special agent suicide attack suicide bomber united states nationality law us citizens
musicBy	Mark Isham
producer	Frank Marshall Wayne Kramer
productionCompany	The Kennedy/Marshall Company
publisher	The Weinstein Company
recordedAt	Long Beach Los Angeles
theme	short