“A profoundly moving story of one man’s quest to realize his dreams in spite of unimaginable obstacles”
UNSEEN
A film by Set Hernandez
(USA, 2023, 88 min. In English and Spanish with English subtitles)
Multi Emmy® Award-winning series, POV, reimagines a cinema more accessible for audiences with vision loss in unseen, the debut film by Filipino-American director Set Hernandez. Through experimental cinematography and sound, the documentary’s person-first approach centers the lived experiences of a queer filmmaker and blind protagonist whose undocumented status has impacted their choices.
Made over seven years of friendship, unseen begins as an observational journey of Pedro, an aspiring social worker who happens to be a blind undocumented immigrant, confronting political restrictions to get his college degree. Guided by a conversation between him and director Hernandez, unseen explores Pedro's relationships with everyone around him: his family who supports him while he studies to become a mental health professional, and his triathlon coach who encourages him on long-distance bike rides. The film is a jagged quest toward healing in a society that struggles to see those with these challenges as multi-dimensional. unseen will have a one-week run at DCTV’s Firehouse Cinema in New York City, starting Friday, November 17, before making its national broadcast premiere on POV Monday, March 18, 2024.
Friday, November 17, 3pm
DCTV’s Firehouse Cinema
87 Lafayette Street, New York City
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