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A split screen with the caption "U.S. Border Patrol." One half is a hand opening a black car door, the other, a person being detained by ICE in a residental neighborhood.

Sawyer Avenue, Sunday Afternoon

  Bill Morrison  |  U.S.

In Sawyer Avenue, Sunday Afternoon, Oscar-nominated director Bill Morrison reconstructs, through cellphone and body-cam footage, a shocking confrontation on Chicago’s Northwest side on October 12, 2025, after federal agents detained a young Latino man.

This film screens as part of the ICE OUT: Sawyer Avenue, Sunday Afternoon and A Month in Minnesota shorts program.

 English, Spanish 

 18 minutes

Film Credits

  • Bill Morrison, Jamie Kalven, María Inés Zamudio
  • Bill Morrison
  • Various
  • Hypnotic Pictures

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