''Don't Tell Anyone'' ( es, No Le Digas a Nadie) is a 2015

documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...

directed by Mikaela Shwer. It focuses on immigrant activist Angy Rivera as she shares her parallel journey of coming out of the shadows as undocumented and as a survivor of

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. Aco-production with

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with additional support from

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., it premiered as part of PBS's ''POV'' series on September 21, 2015.

Background

In 2014 there were 11.3 million unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. the

Obama administration Barack Obama's tenure as the 44th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 2009, and ended on January 20, 2017. A Democrat from Illinois, Obama took office following a decisive victory over Republican ...

deported a record 438,421 of them, with more than 2 million deportations since Obama took office.

Synopsis

Since the age of four, Angy Rivera has lived in the United States with a secret that threatens to upend her life: She is undocumented. Now 24 and facing an uncertain future, Rivera becomes an activist for undocumented youth with a popular advice blog, Ask Angy, and a

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boasting more than 27,000 views. She steps out of the shadows a second time to share her story of sexual abuse and how it shapes her and her mother's journey through the visa process.

Production

Shwer first reached out to Rivera after reading an article about her in the

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. She followed Angy for the next three years including through the process of applying for a

U visa The U visa is a United States nonimmigrant visa which is set aside for victims of crimes (and their immediate family members) who have suffered substantial mental or physical abuse while in the U.S. and who are willing to assist law enforcement and ...

, which is set aside for victims of crimes (and their immediate family members) who have suffered substantial mental or physical abuse and are willing to assist law enforcement and government officials in the investigation or prosecution of the criminal activity.

References

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* 2015 television films 2015 films 2015 documentary films POV (TV series) films Documentary films about immigration to the United States Documentary films about violence against women 2010s American films {{documentary-tv-film-stub