'The Dream is Now' project sets out to show young illegal immigrants' positive contributions to U.S.

A new immigration film by someone who certainly knows how to make a film.   - - Donna Poisl

BY ERICA PEARSON / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

He's taken on global warming and the sorry state of public education. Next up is a broken immigration system.

“An Inconvenient Truth” and “Waiting for ‘Superman’ ” filmmaker Davis Guggenheim wants to convince America that young immigrants who came to the U.S. illegally — or overstayed visas — as kids should be able to become citizens.

“To be part of this movement right now and to help get this done is a personal satisfaction for me,” said Guggenheim. “I believe that a documentary can really do a lot to change things.”

Guggenheim is filming across the U.S. and asking young people to upload their own videos for his 30-minute “interactive” film “The Dream Is Now.”
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