Film Summary Of The Documentary 'The Dream Is Now'

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The Dream is Now The main idea about The Dream is Now documentary was about immigration also about how the DREAM act was up for congress to vote. The Dream act is a granted legal status to certain undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United states as children and went to school here. In the documentary they wanted the Dream act to be passed but congress didn’t have enough votes. Davis Guggenheim’s attempts to persuade his audiences in the video The Dream is Now and the president talking. However, he could do more to address opponents of the bill. The Dream is Now is basically about These kids and how they are undocumented they tell stories about themselves and they are just as smart as documented people these kids are so smart

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