Crew
Richard Levien
Director
JD
John Dilley
Producer
ZP
Zareen Poonen Levien
Producer
Cast
AC
Angela Carlos De Silin
Mother
NA
Nabor Acevedo
Father
Theodora Dunlap
Ms. Peterson
GA
Gerardo Acevedo
Gerardo
AA
Antonio Acosta
Janitor
Immersion (short)
What would school be like if nobody spoke your language?
200912m
Drama
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.
