James Christenson
About
James Christenson is a Mestizo-Minnesotan documenting the impact of migration, policy, and technology on Midwest families and communities. In 2013, the New York Times commissioned his headline short documentary RUNNING ON FUMES IN NORTH DAKOTA, leading to a feature documentary about his birth state’s boom and bust history, THE BAKKEN. As DP and editor, his 2017 documentary about mobile phone location tracking, HARVEST, screened at Hot Docs, BAMcinemafest, and more before an online release with The Atlantic. Recently, he collaborated with Somali-Minnesotan youth to produce RUMEE, a short documentary anthology, which screened for one year at the Minnesota History Center.
To Be Reconciled
Facing a zero-tolerance immigration system and the relentless threat of deportation, an undocumented immigrant in Minnesota reflects upon faith, recovery, redemption, and the likelihood of being separated from his family.