A poetic essay film through the lens of an undocumented immigrant becoming disillusioned by their future in the United States and deciding to return to an estranged homeland. Through fragmented streams of consciousness, Nowhere Near tracks down the origin of a family curse backtracking through the generational harm of the post 9/11 era, the US occupation of the Philippines and the spiritual conquest of the Spanish empire. The film is a years-long diary towards understanding the root of their migration to the United States, though ultimately this odyssey deviates far from the expected course.
