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A person in a dark jacket stands before a chain-link border fence decorated with colorful messages and fabric scraps, with the ocean in the distance.

Three migrants flee violence and persecution in Central America while navigating dangerous journeys, detention, and shifting immigration policies.

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Ilse Fernandez

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.

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Alessandra Pasquino

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.

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Michele Farinola

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.

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