Dir. Carlos Underwood
UK & Northern Ireland, Mexico and Spain, 2024 | 98 min | Social – Human Rights – Migration | English | Rated R | Caribbean & Central American Premiere
The film portrays the obstacles faced by asylum seekers and refugees in European countries, who are systematically criminalized by Western media and migration policies, in their never-ending struggle to obtain international protection and the right to asylum.
Forcibly displaced persons suffer exclusion, deprivation of liberty, precariousness, exploitation, medical neglect, hunger, racism and survive in uncertainty, in a legal limbo that prevents them from having security, the right to work, decent housing and food.
Journalist and filmmaker. Erosion, the first independent film he co-directed, won the award for best Hispanic American documentary at the film festival “Contra el Silencio Todas las Voces 2018” and honorable mentions in different countries.
At BBC NI he participates in the Spotlight and Panorama departments, respectively, both specialized in documentary investigative journalism.
He has credits as a researcher, cameraman and Assistant Producer in different BBC programs, such as “Murder on the Street”,”Deadly Little Pills”,“Covert Cops: When Spying Goes Wrong”,“30 Years Behind the Mask”; “The Drug Wars that Killed Olivia” and “Smart Motorways: When Technology Fails”.
Currently, as Self-Shooting Assistant Producer, he is completing a four-episode documentary for BBC Studios-Panorama to be released in 2025.
Bachelor’s Degree in Digital Journalism from the University of Guadalajara, Mexico, and Higher National Diploma in Creative Media Production (Film), Northern Ireland, Bangor.
No One Is Illegal Every Day Tomorrow is his first film as a solo director and Vietnam Whispers will be his second work also as a director.