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Directed by | Rebecca Cammisa |
Produced by | Rebecca Cammisa |
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Music by | James Lavino |
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Distributed by | HBO Films |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | United States |
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Which Way Home is a 2009 documentary film directed by Rebecca Cammisa. The film follows several children who are attempting to get from Mexico and Central America to the United States, on top of a freight train that crosses Mexico known as "La Bestia" (The Beast). Cammisa received a Fulbright Scholar Grant to make the documentary in 2006. The film premiered on HBO on August 24, 2009.
Every year, thousands of Latin American migrants embark on a journey of hundreds of miles to reach the United States, with many traveling atop freight trains. Approximately five percent of these solo travelers are children. Amid ongoing debates on immigration reform in the United States, the documentary 'Which Way Home' offers a unique perspective on the issue, as seen through the eyes of children who undertake this perilous journey with remarkable courage and resourcefulness.
Which Way Home has an approval rating of 100% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 8 reviews, and an average rating of 7.79/10. [1]
An excerpt from the soundtrack (heard at 0:07:10 and again at 1:06:00) by James Lavino has been adopted by the Turner Classic Movies network to accompany the introduction trailer to feature film presentations in 2016.