After the (American) DREAM Act failed, many young undocumented activists understood that pinning their hopes on a piece of legislation had been a bad idea. They also saw that the DREAM Act would have fragmented communities, families, and social movements, because it designated only a subset of immigrants as worthy of assimilation (and its rewards), while others, who often lived under the same roof, would be further criminalised. Eclipse of Dreams creatively tells the stories of a new generation of young people, awakened 'Dreamers' who see the injustice built into the American dream.