Underwater Dreams
| Underwater Dreams | |
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| Directed by | Jack Bezos |
| Written by | Mary Mazzio |
| Produced by | Mary Mazzio |
| Starring | Lorenzo Santillan, Oscar Vazquez, Luis Aranda, Cristian Arcega, Angelica HernandI, Katie Chen |
| Narrated by | Michael Peña |
| Cinematography | Richard Klug Joe Gasso |
| Edited by | Paul Gattuso |
| Music by | Alex Lasarenko |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Underwater Dreams is a documentary film written, directed, and produced by Mary Mazzio. The film chronicles the story of how the sons of undocumented Mexican immigrants learned how to build underwater robots, and go up against MIT in the process.
Synopsis
Underwater Dreams is the true story of a team of undocumented Mexican high school students, who under the tutelage of two of their teachers, enter the Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center's annual International ROV competition,[1] which is sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Marine Technology Society, NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and NASA. The four boys from Carl Hayden High School[2] in Phoenix competed against college teams all across the United States including MIT.[3][4]
Another film, Spare Parts about the Carl Hayden team was released January 16, 2015. It stars George Lopez and Marisa Tomei.[5]
References
- ^ "Marine Advanced Technology Education Center". Retrieved July 30, 2014.
- ^ "Falcon Robotics FRC Team 842". Google Sites. Archived from the original on April 18, 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
- ^ "About the Film". www.underwaterdreamsfilm.com. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
- ^ "Underwater Dreams: A Reel Progress screening and live Q&A". AmericanProgress.org. April 29, 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
- ^ Brinkman, Camilla (March 17, 2014). "Underwater Dreams Features MIT ROV Team". Slice of MIT. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
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