Pretend I'm Not Here

Pretend I'm Not Here

Pretend I'm Not Here

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Pretend I'm Not Here

2024

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Drama

Overview

A non-binary Spanish-English phone interpreter hears a familiar voice on the other end of a call with a migrant detention facility.

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Yoshi Escalante

Cris

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Leslye Gisell Martinez

Mother

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Brett Umlauf

Principal

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Jacob Scherer

Border Patrol Officer

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Sonia Sanchez

Asylum Seeker

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Ava Fojtik

Nancy

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Lissa Ramirez

Maria

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