Stop Time
Crossing the Border
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50m
Directed by Kate Way • Documentary • 2022 • 50 minutes
Stop Time tells the story of Lucio Pérez—a father, husband and worker who took sanctuary in a Massachusetts church for over three years in defiance of a deportation order. Lucio’s moving narrative provides a window into the forces that brought him to the United States, entangled him in the immigration system, and ultimately led him to sanctuary.
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