FROM NOWHERE

By Matthew NEWTON

BUFF FILMFESTIVAL - as FEST

Drama - Completed 2016

Nearing their high school graduation, three undocumented Bronx teenagers navigate the difficulties of adolescence while living with the threat of being discovered by the authorities and their friends.

Festivals
& Awards

SXSW 2016
Narrative Feature Competition
    • Year of production
    • 2016
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • USA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 89 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Matthew NEWTON
    • Writer(s)
    • Matthew NEWTON, Kate BALLEN
    • Producer(s)
    • Kate BALLEN, Matthew NEWTON
    • Synopsis
    • Three undocumented teenagers -- a Dominican girl, an African boy and a Peruvian girl -- are just about to graduate high school in the Bronx. Like most teenagers, all they want to do is hang with their friends, fall in love, and figure out where to go to college, but unlike their American classmates, these three live with the threat of being discovered by the authorities. When one of their teachers connects them with a lawyer to help them get their papers, the teens start to dig into their family history to assist their immigration cases. As they continue to deal with the everyday problems of adolescence, the teenagers are forced to confront their past and, at the same time, fight for their future.