Documentary Filmmaking and the Representation of Migrant Lives: An Interview with Yehuda Sharim

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1 These caps were at 50,000 for 2017, at 45,000 for 2018, at 30,000 for 2019, and at 18,000 for 2020 (during the Obama administration the cap had varied between 70,000 and 85,000). For 2021, the Trump administration set this cap at 15,000. And even though the cap was set at 18,000 in 2020, less than 12,000 refugees were actually resettled (for numbers and caps see, for example, the National Immigration Forum: https://immigrationforum.org/article/fact-sheet-u-s-refugee-resettlement/; Migration Policy Institute: https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/us-annual-refugee-resettlement-ceilings-and-number-refugees-admitted-united, Congressional Research Service: https://fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/IN11529.pdf; all accessed February 5, 2021).

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Lea Espinoza Garrido

Yehuda Sharim is a writer, filmmaker, and poet. His work focuses on the relationship between the quotidian and poetic. Sharim’s films have appeared in film festivals, artistic venues, and universities across the world. His work offers an intimate portrayal of those who refuse to surrender amidst daily devastation and culminating strife, offering a vision for equality and a renewed solidarity in a divisive world. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor in the Program of Global Art Studies, University of California, Merced. Email: [email protected]