Rocío / a movie by Dario Guerrero.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Guerrero, Dario, film director.

Icarus Films, film distributor.

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Guerrero, Dario.

Cancer--Alternative treatment.

Cancer.

Alternative medicine.

Noncitizens--Family relationships--United States.

Noncitizens.

Mexicans--Family relationships--United States.

Mexicans.

Noncitizens--United States.

Mothers and sons.

Illegal immigration.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Feature films.

Physical Description:

1 streaming video file (59 min.) : digital, sound, color

Place of Publication:

[Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2022]

Language Note:

In Spanish and English with English subtitles; closed captioning available.

System Details:

System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Weaving together footage from over a quarter of a century, Rocío follows the family of undocumented Mexican immigrant and Harvard University student Dario Guerrero as they struggle to stay together in the face of his mother's terminal illness and the punishing constraints of U.S. immigration law. When news of Rocío Meneses Díaz's diagnosis with cancer forces Dario to take a leave of absence from Harvard, he returns to his family's Los Angeles home to help care for her and document the way illness profoundly transforms his family's life. After exhausting available treatment options in the U.S., Dario makes the life-altering decision to accompany his mother to an alternative treatment center in Mexico, throwing the future of his immigration status and education into doubt. In spite of his status as a DACA recipient, Dario faces opposition from immigration authorities when he attempts to return to the U.S., culminating in a struggle for temporary humanitarian parole that garners national media attention. Interweaving poignant scenes from childhood home movies with intimate family discussions of mortality, Guerrero crafts a narrative of migration and loss. Touching on topics ranging from the indeterminacies of immigration status, familial memory, and traditional medicine, Rocío locates the core of its emotional narrative at the intersection of private experience and political reality.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed April 26, 2022).

Publisher Number:

if-rocio Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.