Festivals - Sundance Film Festival 2021 : At the ready directed by Maisie Crow will have its world premiere

By Mulder, 12 december 2020

Ten miles from the Mexican border, students at Horizon High School in El Paso, Texas, are enrolling in law enforcement classes and joining a unique after-school activity: the criminal justice club. Through mock-ups of drug raids and active-shooter takedowns, they inch closer to their desired careers in border patrol, policing, and customs enforcement. We follow Mexican American students Kassy and Cesar and recent graduate Cristina as they navigate the complications inherent in their chosen path and discover their choices may clash with the values and people they hold closest.

Through intimate access and a clear-sighted lens, director Maisie Crow takes us inside one of the largest policing education programs in the region, offering a rare portrait of Latinx adolescents grappling with their place within their communities. Unafraid of confronting the difficult questions that lurk at the intersection of identity, immigration, and personal politics, At the Ready asks: What is the price of pursuing dreams that have very real ramifications?

Synopsis :
A group of seniors train to become police officers and Border Patrol agents at El Paso’s Horizon High School, near the U.S./Mexico border.

At the ready (USA)
Directed by Maisie Crow
Produced by Hillary Pierce, Maisie Crow, Abbie Perrault
Executive Producers : Tony Hsieh, Roberto Grande, Mimi Pham, Bryn Mooser, Justin Lacob, Fred Grinstein, Steve Golin, Max Kabat, Kathryn Everett, Davis Guggenheim, Jonathan Silberberg, Nicole Stott
Coordinating Producer : Braulio Beltran
Music by Adrian Quesada
Cinematography : Maisie Crow
Edited by Nina Vizcarrondo, Austin Reedy
Distributed by Forward Facing Films
Release date : January 31, 2021 (Sundance)
Running time : 96 minutes

Premiere : jan. 31 - 6:00pm // Second screening : feb. 2 - 4:00pm (local time)

(Source : press release)