Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Filmmaking brothers Carlos Contreras and Ernesto Contreras have partnered for the immigrant drama Crossing Borders for Latitude Media and Wink Pictures.Based on a true story, the film follows a 14-year-old immigrant who flees rape and abuse in her native Guatemala.
While in Florida, she gives birth to a premature baby and is later wrongfully charged with the murder of the child. A young female lawyer takes on the case and fights for years against stereotypes, systemic racism and a corrupt system to bring vindication to the young woman.
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