Migrants go missing in rural Brooks County, Texas more than anywhere else in the U.S. For many families, community activist Eddie Canales is the last hope for finding loved ones.
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Co-Director/Producer
An award-winning filmmaker, Co-Director/Producer Jeff Bemiss’ work has aired on network television and PBS. He is a graduate of USC's School of Cinematic Arts. Jeff's film The Book And The Rose was a semi-finalist for the Academy Award for best short film. Recently, Jeff shot and directed the award-winning short Coaching Colburn which premiered at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival.
Co-Director/Producer
Lisa Molomot (Co-Director/Producer), a graduate of the American Film Institute, has directed documentaries about the American Southwest in recent years including The Cleaners, Teaching in Arizona and Soledad. Prior to those films, her award-winning film School's Out was an integral part of the outdoor education movement. Lisa's first documentary The Hill broadcast on PBS’s America Reframed.
Producer
Jacob Bricca, ACE (Producer/Editor) has edited over a dozen feature documentaries including the 2016 Sundance Special Jury Prize winner The Bad Kids and the international theatrical hit Lost in La Mancha. Fluent in Spanish, Jacob brings experience editing multi-cultural stories like Precious Knowledge and Beyond the Border, both of which were broadcast on PBS. He is a graduate of AFI.