Oscar Nominated Short A LIEN Discussion: The American Dream VS a Dangerous Immigration Process

Ladies and gentlemen, the Oscar nominated short A LIEN is a film with a message. The story follows a couple and their daughter into the immigration office in New York City to legally obtain a green card. They all have passports and everything is going to plan until ICE shows up to arrest immigrants who are literally going through the process legally.

This film brings up an issue that is nothing short of being the Gestapo and removing the rights of people who want to be a part of the American Dream, again by obeying and following the legal process.

A LIEN will make you think and understand we need to change the system. If your desire is to be part of America, there should not be fear attached to it.

As a film, A LIEN does everything right. The fast-paced camera work, the sound mixing and even the colorization bring the audience into the chaotic mess of the immigration process.

When you follow the characters, Sophia and Oscar Gomez, you feel their nervousness, tension, fear, confusion, and their grip on the American Dream being tested by a legal system. Cinematographer Andrea Gavazzi’s stunning camera work is a thing of magic and captures the importance that this film was designed to convey.

The American Dream should be apple pie and ice cream, not handcuffs and a gotcha moment.

A LIEN deserves its Oscar-nomination and in just under a month, we will see if it takes home the gold.

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