Icebox [DVD]

Oscar (Anthony Gonzalez), a 12-year-old Honduran boy, is forced to flee his home and seem asylum in the United States, only to find himself trapped in the U.S. immigration system. As Oscar attempts to reach his uncle, Manuel (Omar Leyva), in Arizona, he is apprehended by Border Patrol and placed in the "Icebox," a processing center for Hispanic migrant children. Up against a seemingly impenetrable immigration system, Oscar struggles to navigate a path to freedom, with a journalist (Genesis Rodriguez) and his uncle, himself a recent immigrant, as his only lifeline. Co-starring Johnny Ortiz, Matthew Moreno and Jessica Juarez, this timely and emotional film was written and directed by Daniel Sawka and produced by James L. Brooks/Gracie Films.