Global Flicks: Oscar

Watch IceBox on your own and then join us for a moderated discussion, held on Zoom for FREE at 1:30p or 7:30p with Maureen Heffern-Ponicki, Political Science Faculty and members of Latin American Studies Committee.

1:30 pm Zoom Discussion: https://cod.zoom.us/j/87874982343
7:30 pm Zoom Discussion: https://cod.zoom.us/j/82855952847

Ways To Watch:

Available to rent – YouTube, Amazon Prime & iTunes: ($2.99)
Available to subscribers on HBO Max
Local Library: Glen Ellyn

Directed by Daniel Sawka
Spanish | 1 hr 28 min | Drama | 2018

Oscar is a 12-year-old Honduran boy forced to flee his home from gang violence seeks asylum in the United States, only to find himself trapped in the U.S. immigration system. As he attempts to reach his uncle in Arizona, Óscar is apprehended by Border Patrol and placed in “the icebox,” a processing center for Hispanic migrant children. - see trailer