ICEBOX tells the story of Óscar, played by Anthony Gonzalez, a 12-year-old Honduran boy who is forced to flee his home and seek asylum in the United States, only to find himself trapped in the U.S. immigration system.
As Óscar attempts to reach his uncle, Manuel (Omar Leyva), in Arizona, he is apprehended by Border Patrol and placed in ‘the icebox,’ a detention facility where he joins scores of other migrant children being held without their families. Faced with a seemingly impenetrable immigration system, Óscar struggles to navigate a path to freedom, with a journalist (Rodriguez) and his uncle, himself a recent immigrant, as his only lifelines.
This is a feature adaptation of the 2016 short film of the same name.
production details
USA | HBO – Endeavor Content – Gracie Films | 86 minutes | Broadcast Friday 7 December 2018
Daniel Sawka as Writer and Director
David Greathouse as Producer
James L. Brooks as Producer
Julie Ansell as Producer
Richard Sakai as Producer
cast
Génesis Rodríguez as Perla
Anthony Gonzalez as Oscar
Omar Leyva as Manuel
Johnny Ortiz as Felipe
Matthew Moreno as Rafael
Jessica Juarez as Mother
