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I am going to be as unbiased as I can here. This isn’t your average article that I just pushed out with an honest opinion; this movie gets right down to the core of my feelings. Roads of Fire isn’t a movie for people who cannot show humility or have a misunderstanding of a hot-button issue. I already know this will spark some debate as to where I stand on the issue. I believe in humanity, that’s all I really care to explain, because I shouldn’t have to justify my beliefs and empathy for struggle. I just all of us had that same energy for love and acceptance of everyone, especially when we don’t even understand the issue, where it started, or even why it’s here.
Let’s get into the review.
Synopsis
A powerful film that is centered on the migrant crisis in the United States. Roads of Fire shows the entire process of coming to the country and what they are running from.
Nathaniel Lezra directed the film.
A Safe Melting Pot
Roads of Fire hit a nerve that I never noticed before. The film requires the mind of a humanatarian, it requires an understanding of just how lucky we are, at least for now. Roads of Fire is a very intimate view of what happens when you run away from danger. The stories involved with the film will make you wonder why we run our country this way. There is a reason the current administration can arrest people in the streets, because they are going after people seeking asylum and came to this country for a chance of safety that they wouldn’t find in a war-torn city.
In 2016, we saw a giant surge in refugees fleeing their country and ending up in the United States. It gives the understanding that not every “illegal immigrant” is Spanish. The film shows us the entire perilous process of reaching the United States, which involves traveling by bus, boat, and walking through a jungle before even getting close to the border. This isn’t a free experience; migrants will find that everything from their bus ticket to arriving in America
A Country Divided
This isn’t the type of scenario where people are scaling the border or sneaking under it like Bugs Bunny. This is very real and terrifying for anyone with family. Bombs fly and skirmishes happen night after night. These people fall asleep to gunfire while we force homeless people off the streets. I am 2nd generation immigrant from Hungary. My Grandpa came to America during a boom that happened to be when Ellis Island went crazy; everyone was fleeing the countries still cleaning up from being under Nazi rule.
Roads of Fire is mostly Spanish dialogue, and there’s a reason for that. They don’t talk to historians or “experts”. Instead, the director goes right to the source. They understand and have compassion for these people who will be traumatized forever. When sneaking across the border is a safer alternative than staying in their country. You know they have seen some very tragic glimpses that they will never recover from.
These people aren’t here to “leech” off the Americans when seeking asylum; it could take years to cover your case, and that time used to mean you were a temporary citizen with a work permit. It has always been this way from the Jewish to the Irish, Italians, and Germans who fled what they knew and loved because of a war.
In The End
In the end, Roads of Fire only strengthened the fire I have for kindness. Despite all the gibberish from Washington, D.C., it makes these people enemies. There is so much more to say, but out of respect for everyone, I won’t record those thoughts. The film aims to show the entire world, including our president, that we are strong and caring. Roads of Fire challenges every thought we have on the subject.
As Americans, we can sleep well at night knowing our police are out there doing the best they can. You don’t have to like authority to agree with one or two of their tactics. We are uncertain about what may happen in the coming years, but for now, the United States remains a melting pot and a safe haven. This is not the country I served for; however, I still have the freedom to think that way.
