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Three migrants flee violence and persecution in Central America while navigating dangerous journeys, detention, and shifting immigration policies.
Director/Producer
Ilse Fernandez, a Colombian-born U.S. immigrant, is an award-winning documentary director, producer, and showrunner with two decades of creating nonfiction work for ABC, NBC, Netflix, VICE, MTV, Discovery, A&E, and National Geographic, including A&E’s Intervention, VICELAND’s Cyberwar, and Spotify’s Clio-winning Music Happens Here.
Producer
Alessandra Pasquino is an Italian-born documentary producer and filmmaker whose work spans from award-winning films to public TV to IMAX productions including “Janis Ian: Breaking Silence” for PBS American Masters, The Cheech, the Joan Jett bio-pic Bad Reputation, the IMAX feature Superpower Dogs, and Oliver Stone DiCaprio collaborations.
Producer
Michele Farinola is an award-winning producer with 25+ years of documentary work. Currently she’s producing Frank Marshall’s documentary on Barbra Streisand. She produced Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice, winner of the 2020 Best Music Film Grammy Award, David Crosby: Remember My Name, and George Harrison: Living in the Material World.