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Immersion

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.

Immersion premiered at the prestigious Slamdance Film Festival and won Best Bay Area short at the San Francisco International Film Festival, and the ""No Violence"" award at the Ann Arbor Film Festival. The film received a Resolution of the California Legislature, and is used by more than 50 school districts and universities to support education about English Language Learners.