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A bald man wearing glasses and a suit looks off into the distance.

Separated

  Errol Morris

  United States, Mexico     93 minutes

Synopsis

Veteran filmmaker Errol Morris makes his most powerful political documentary in years, combining the effective investigative stories of Standard Operating Procedure and The Thin Blue Line with the cautionary tales of American Dharma and The Fog of War. His target: the Trump administration’s controversial 2018 policy of separating immigrant children from their parents at the Mexico-US border.

The film lays out in detail how Stephen Miller, Jeff Sessions, and Kirstjen Nielsen pursued the program with little regard for human rights, morality, or constitutional law. It also introduces characters like Captain Jonathan White at the Office for Refugee Resettlement, who becomes the film’s central compelling figure thanks to his determination to intervene and protect the well-being of those in his care. Filled with sobering indignation and disturbing revelations, Separated offers a riveting exposé of the Trump administration’s unjust programs and the brave people on both sides of the political divide trying to hold them at bay.

 English with subtitles

Screenings & Events

Screening

Sat, Oct 26 @ 7:00pm CDT

at AMC NEWCITY 14, screen 04

Scheduled to Attend:
Executive Producer Jacob Soboroff

Screening

Sun, Oct 27 @ 5:00pm CDT

at AMC NEWCITY 14, screen 13

Media

Film Credits

  •   Errol Morris, Robert Fernandez, Molly O'Brien, Steven Hathaway
  •   Steven Hathaway
  •   Igor Martinović
  •   Subject: Jonathan White, Cast: Gabriela Cartol, Diego Armando Lara Lagunes
  •   Paul Leonard-Morgan
  •   Liz Cole, Noah Oppenheim, Elizabeth Fischer, Jeff Skoll, Diane Weyermann, Jacob Soboroff
  •   NBC News Studios, Participant

Sponsors

Documentary Program Partner

Logo: WTTW (2019)

Documentary Program Patron

Cynthia Stone Raskin