Tracing moments in the lives of undocumented Americans in Chicago, Phoeniz, Mesa, and Annarbor, The Dream Is Now (Written and directed by Academy-Award-winning director David Guggenheim in collaboration with Derek Doneen, Traci Carlson, Sarah Anthony, and the Emerson Collective) exposes the complexities of American legal and cultural institutions as they related to students, workers, and individuals who are not documented with U.S. citizenship.