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Split at the Root

Documentary Feature
Released

Split at the Root

Documentary Feature

SPLIT AT THE ROOT follows the emotional journey of mothers separated from their children at the U.S. border and the grassroots initiative that, against all odds, reunites those families. When a Guatemalan mother seeking asylum was separated from her kids under Zero Tolerance Policy, a Facebook post by a mom in Queens coalesced into a movement as thousands of like-minded women across the US refused to stand by quietly. Immigrant Families Together was born as a rapid response group committed to doing what the government couldn’t—or wouldn’t do: reunite parents with their children separated by the Zero Tolerance Policy.

World premiere March 2022 at the SXSW Film Festival ~ now available on Netflix. 

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"Strikes a healthy balance between critical exposé, call to action and a tribute to that most important human quality: kindness."
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