India, March 4 -- Documentary filmmaker Vidyut Latay has directed and produced Alien: American Dream Denied, a 90-minute documentary spotlighting the emotional journey of five high-skilled, documented Indian immigrants and their families seeking permanent residency in the US. (Also Read: Interview | Grand Theft Hamlet directors Pinny Grylls and Sam Crane on staging Hamlet within the video game)

The documentary is also the producer/director's personal story with first-hand experience of the complications of maneuvering the US Immigration System. Latay, who is now a US Citizen, came to the US in 2006. She and her husband, Ram Iyer, have lived in the US on varied visas like the H-4, H-1B, F-1, and O-1.

The documentary exposes the human tol...