Immersion (short)

What would school be like if nobody spoke your language?

Immersion (short) — Plot

Ten-year-old Moises has just immigrated to California from Mexico. He doesn't speak English, but he's good at math, so he hopes to do well on his first math test in the USA. Using untrained child actors from public schools in the San Francisco Bay Area, “Immersion” plunges its audience into the visceral experience of a child who cannot understand his teacher. The film puts a human face on the debate about the education of English Language Learners.

• Release date
• January 18, 2009
• Runtime
• 12 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Richard Levien

Immersion (short) — Cast

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Angela Carlos De Silin Mother

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Nabor Acevedo Father Theodora Dunlap Ms. Peterson

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Gerardo Acevedo Gerardo

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Antonio Acosta Janitor