Crossing Over

Director: Wayne Kramer

Genre: Drama

Release Date: February 27, 2009

Duration: 113 minutes

Cast: Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta, Ashley Judd, Jim Sturgess, Cliff Curtis

Overview: The U.S. offers hope - but that often has a price. Many can gain legal citizenship through a lengthy bureaucratic process, but others are out of luck in a country where virtually anything can be bought. Sex, violence and betrayal in your currency. Some wait in line for permission to enter the U.S., while others take matters into their own hands. Labor Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Los Angeles, Max Brogan is a sworn to protect our borders, dealing with the thousands who try to cross into the U.S. in search of a better life. Brogan's life, your ICE partner, Hamid, immigration lawyer, Denise Baraheri Frankel and her husband, Cole Frankel, intersect, by necessity, accident or fate, with a Mexican factory Mireya Sanchez; Hamid Baraheriâ? S sister Zahra, young Bangladeshi Taslima Jahangir, British musician Gavin Kossef; Australian actress Claire Shepard and Kim Yong Korean child. Each has a different struggle: a single mother deported without her child, a girl from high school whose provocative essay draws attention to the FBI, an actress who willingly prostitutes to earn their green card, a struggling musician trying to build a career, while working his day job and finally a Korean child caught between two worlds, while his family is desperate to naturalize.