Saturday, October 20, 2012
Actor Portraying Undocumented Immigrant Faces Deportation Himself
From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Tony Guerrero is preparing to celebrate a milestone in his acting career here and say goodbye at the same time.
The
occasion: Saturday night’s screening of “Undocumented Executive,” a
low-budget comedy shot in the Atlanta area. Guerrero plays the main
character, a naive illegal immigrant from Mexico who achieves his
American dream of landing a top corporate job. This is the veteran
actor’s first lead role in a feature-length comedy film.
Like his character, Guerrero is an illegal immigrant from Mexico. But
things are more complicated in real life: There is no happy ending in
sight for the Dunwoody actor. He must leave the country by Jan. 24 or
face deportation. So Saturday night’s film premiere at the Plaza Theatre
will also serve as a going away party.
The trigger for the deportation is a 1999 simple battery charge.
# posted by Greg Siskind @ 4:30 PM
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Albanian Filmmaker Held in Detention As New Film Premieres
The UK's Daily Mail reports on a New York actor and filmmaker from Albania whose autobiographical film detailing his experience living illegally in the US has just premiered at the Hamptons Film Festival in New York. The actor/filmmaker was taken off an AMTRAK train by immigration authorities on his way to the festival.
# posted by Greg Siskind @ 11:24 AM
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Tony Guerrero is preparing to celebrate a milestone in his acting career here and say goodbye at the same time.The trigger for the deportation is a 1999 simple battery charge.
The occasion: Saturday night’s screening of “Undocumented Executive,” a low-budget comedy shot in the Atlanta area. Guerrero plays the main character, a naive illegal immigrant from Mexico who achieves his American dream of landing a top corporate job. This is the veteran actor’s first lead role in a feature-length comedy film.
Like his character, Guerrero is an illegal immigrant from Mexico. But things are more complicated in real life: There is no happy ending in sight for the Dunwoody actor. He must leave the country by Jan. 24 or face deportation. So Saturday night’s film premiere at the Plaza Theatre will also serve as a going away party.
# posted by Greg Siskind @ 4:30 PM
The UK's Daily Mail reports on a New York actor and filmmaker from Albania whose autobiographical film detailing his experience living illegally in the US has just premiered at the Hamptons Film Festival in New York. The actor/filmmaker was taken off an AMTRAK train by immigration authorities on his way to the festival.
# posted by Greg Siskind @ 11:24 AM
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