Lizbeth's story and resilience is so powerful, and this is a beautifully shot short doc that will most definitely touch you.
The Undocumented Lawyer
2020
Action / Documentary
The Undocumented Lawyer
2020
Action / Documentary
6.5Plot summary
Lizbeth Mateo is an attorney in Los Angeles-one who started a law practice, hired four employees, and took an oath to uphold the U.S. constitution. She also has no legal right to be in the country. Lizbeth is undocumented. Since crossing the border at age 14, Lizbeth hasn't let her immigration status hold her back. Frustrated by a broken system, she's drawing from her own experiences to fight for immigrant rights in the streets and in the courts. Her latest client is Edith Espinal, a woman avoiding deportation by taking sanctuary in a church. As the months turn to years, Lizbeth is running out of legal options to help. Lizbeth returns to her activist roots and teaches Edith to fight back-because sometimes you need to ignore the law in order to change it.
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Ingrasci and Temple bombed on this one
Ingrasci and Temple bombed on this one. Even as a 19 min short film, it had nothing of value in a story or as a production. I's a big "no" and huge pass from me.
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Inspirational Documentary
The Undocumented Lawyer is an inspirational short film about the resilience of undocumented American immigrants. As an undocumented immigrant, Lizabeth risks her life every day to practice the law. She refuses to give up until the voice of her community is heard. Her practice lifts the veil on the struggles of living undocumented in the United States, and how isolating that can be. Her story is not only heroic and selfless but inspirational, calling viewers to speak up against inhumane immigration policies in their own community.