An Immigrant Girl's Journey
AN IMMIGRANT GIRL'S JOURNEY is a human interest docudrama chronicling three years, 1972 to 1975, in the life of a seven-year-old Filipino girl-child, Alexi Alcedo. Alexi is caught in the mix of her mother's quest to escape the squatters life of Smokey Mountain, a 2000 acre mountain of garbage, the largest waste dump site in the world, where people live, and the garbage is their source of livelihood. Mom wants out, something cleaner, the "good life" in America.
- Runtime
- 22m
- Released
- 2008
Details
Release year: 2008
Storyline
AN IMMIGRANT GIRL'S JOURNEY is a human interest docudrama chronicling three years, 1972 to 1975, in the life of a seven-year-old Filipino girl-child, Alexi Alcedo. Alexi is caught in the mix of her mother's quest to escape the squatters life of Smokey Mountain, a 2000 acre mountain of garbage, the largest waste dump site in the world, where people live, and the garbage is their source of livelihood. Mom wants out, something cleaner, the "good life" in America.
Top credits
- Deva Dedios — Alexi Alcedo
- Julie Hauwiller — Irene
- Rae Toledo — Fresas Alcedo
- Jon Jon Briones — Paulo Alcedo