During this political climate DACA students share their story and what it’s like to have basic human rights threatened to be taken away from them.
After making a short documentary on Monday about DACA students I was inspired to make something bigger. When I hear my peers, who have DACA, talk about it their pain hurts me more than my own. They have powerful stories and words that everyone should hear. I realized that they could be the people I give a voice to in the Lehigh Valley. It’s a way to humanize the issue and give a little bit of control to kids who feel like everything is out of their hands. I’m thinking about interviewing different students and capturing their story. I also want to film them right before and after Congress makes their decision because that will be a critical moment for all of us. Lafayette also plans on holding an event to help the community get involved with DACA which is something else I could film. It’s a topic that I feel so strongly about that I fear not doing the topic enough justice. I can let this hold me back or motivate me to make it the best I can. My goal is to raise awareness and put faces and stories to this issue. I look forward to starting this project and seeing what it becomes.