About
We’re human beings.
Not aliens.
Mission
To show that there are real people behind these dehumanizing terms, people who are often just trying to make a better life for themselves and their families.
The Rodriguez family
Aliens follows the Rodriguez family — Sophia, Nico, and Miguel — as they navigate their day-to-day lives during an immigration crackdown that threatens the peace surrounding their family.
Sophia is a hardworking mother who struggles to open up about the dangers around them.
Miguel is a nursing student and Sophia’s hardworking oldest son. He is fiercely protective of his family.
Nico is the youngest and the only one who doesn’t yet understand what is happening around him.
The film reflects the difficult conversations many families of color face when confronted with the jarring reality that they may not be safe, and how difficult it can be to have those conversations at all.
Where the film is
Aliens is in pre-production. The script, storyboards, and production plan are in place. We’re finishing the cast, confirming locations, and gathering the crew for the shoot.
Filming is planned for November 2026. After the shoot, we’ll edit the film and share it through festivals and community screenings, so it can reach people beyond a link on a phone.
Campaign funds support the film itself: locations, camera and lighting, production design and wardrobe, meals for the people on set, editing, sound, picture, and getting the film in front of new audiences.
Why it exists
I believe art should reflect the times. Art has always been used to make us uncomfortable in necessary ways, especially in a moment like this, when history doesn’t repeat but it sure does rhyme.
Through history’s journal, we’ve seen the devastating effects of treating other human beings as “other.” It becomes easier to grow numb or stay silent. We are witnessing the same thing today as people in power refer to everyday people as “illegal aliens.”
This film does not ask anyone to pick a side. It asks them to understand a life that may not be theirs. Without that, it gets easier to keep calling someone else “other.”
Director's vision
Brandon Stevenson
Writer and director
Through history’s journal, we’ve seen the devastating effects of treating other human beings as “other.” It becomes easier to grow numb or stay silent when someone is being harmed. Today, we’re witnessing the same thing as people in power refer to everyday people as “illegal aliens.”