Sin Nombre (2009)

Cary Joji Fukunaga's debut feature following a Honduran migrant and a Mara Salvatrucha gang member on the same northbound freight train through Mexico won the Sundance directing award and is the most authentic cinematic portrayal of Central American migration through Mexico ever produced. The film was made in Veracruz and Chiapas with non-professional local actors and has influenced every subsequent immigration drama set in the region.