FILM SYNOPSIS:

Buscón shows us the faces of Major League Baseball's search for young talent in Latin America.  As impoverished children with few resources, young Latino players are left vulnerable to identity and birth certificate fraud, bonus skimming and child abuse at the hands of a system that can offer great opportunity, but at considerable cost.

Carlos Perez is a buscón (baseball scout) who takes us into the world of Major League Baseball hopefuls in Nicaragua.  Cheslor Cuthbert is a top sixteen yeas old prospect expected to be signed by a Major League team in July.  Carlos provides an inside look at how buscónes seek out kids and then hold on to them until they are ready to be signed.  Dwight Britton is a prospect whom Carlos trained until a rival buscón moved in and signed Dwight to the Seattle Mariners, potentially skimming his bonus.

Carlos wants to see the system improve by establishing standards and practices for baseball in Nicaragua, both to protect the kids who dream of playing in the big leagues as well as the informal infrastructure of amateur coaches, trainers and buscónes who help young players compete with players from wealthier Latin American countries. He sees a corrupt system that is in need of a change.

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY:

Anthony is an Award-Winning Nicaraguan filmmaker based in Brooklyn, N.Y.. Anthony began his film career in Utah as an accounting clerk for USA Networks Series, "Cover Me" and as an accountant for the Sundance Film Festival in 2001.  After interning at Bikini Edit in Soho, NY, Anthony moved up to Production Accountant and Production Manager for E! Entertainment and Style Network working on shows like Howard Stern, Fashion Police, Isaac and Fashion Week.