THIS SUNDAY: Fusion Explores Real-Life Human Drama of The Migrant Trail With Premiere of “Who Is Dayani Cristal?”
Over the past decade more than 2,000 people have died trying to cross the Arizona desert. Fusion, along with Mexican actor and activist Gael Garcia Bernal and director Marc Silver, retrace the steps of one victim’s journey. Deep in the sun-blistered Sonora desert beneath a cicada tree, Arizona border police discover a decomposing male body. Lifting a tattered t-shirt, they expose a tattoo that reads “Dayani Cristal.” Who is this person? What brought him here? How did he die? Following a team of dedicated staff from the Pima County Morgue in Arizona, “Who Is Dayani Cristal” seeks to answer these questions and give this anonymous man an identity. In a television premiere, “Who Is Dayani Cristal?” will air Sunday, September 7 at 8:00 p.m., ET as part of Fusion’s “Documental” series.
As the forensic investigation unfolds, Mexican actor and activist Gael Garcia Bernal retraces this man’s steps along the migrant trail in Central America. In an effort to understand what it must have felt like to make this final journey, he embeds himself among migrant travelers on their own mission to cross the border. He experiences first-hand the dangers they face and learns of their motivations, hopes and fears. As they travel north, those voices from the other side of the border wall give them a rare insight into the human stories which are so often ignored in the immigration debate.
Winner of the Sundance 2013 Cinematography award and nominated in the World Documentary Competition, “Who is Dayani Cristal?” has been described by The Hollywood Reporter as “A deeply moving doc [which] finds a new way of making the immigration debate personal.”More on the documentary here.
“Documental,” Fusion’s weekly series of documentaries, features a new doc every Sunday night at 8:00 p.m., ET. To find out if Fusion is available in your area visit: GetFusionTV.com.
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