Julio Torres

And that was the second time that I was trying to get money for a visa.

But this time around, I had made so many friends who actually encouraged me to make a GoFundMe, which I found to be humiliating.

I did not like the idea, but then...

They did it funny.

They did it funny.

Yes.

Yes.

Yeah.

And it was sold within a matter of hours.

This girl fund me, like got me where I needed to be within like two or three hours.

It was just so moving to feel like a part of a community.

And that's when I really, really realized that I love making art and all kinds of work in community and with friends.

And that's why so many of my really close friends are in this movie and will continue to be in everything that I do.

I came to the US in 2009.

And no, to be honest, my experience is radically different than the crisis we're all seeing in the news.

The crisis is very present in New York City right now.

But the thing about me and the character that I play in this movie is that it wasn't really the story of someone

escaping for survival.

It's the story of someone just escaping or leaving for a greater ambition to find himself.

And that is what I think makes the story very specific.