Pretend I'm Not Here

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

Cast

Yoshi Escalante

as Cris

Leslye Gisell Martinez

as Mother

Brett Umlauf

as Principal

Jacob Scherer

as Border Patrol Officer

Sonia Sanchez

as Asylum Seeker

Ava Fojtik

as Nancy

Lissa Ramirez

as Maria

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